Latest Commits
- Attempt to support Linux LFS (large-file-support, for 64-bit files).Attempt to support Linux LFS (large-file-support, for 64-bit files). [DBH] common.mk […]
- Added a dummy non-working GDB init file to access debug.cpp functions. Presumably...Added a dummy non-working GDB init file to access debug.cpp functions. Presumably header support will make it work. [DBH] .gdbinit […]
- fixed socket streams to use new stream apifixed socket streams to use new stream api [DBH] src/net/sockets.slate […]
- XOPEN posix source macro change for bsdXOPEN posix source macro change for bsd [DBH] common.mk [DBH] src/vm/external-library.cpp […]
- bsd dlerror fixbsd dlerror fix [DBH] src/vm/external-library.cpp […]
- Added NAND and NOR as nand: and nor:, and butNot: as logical non-implication.Added NAND and NOR as nand: and nor:, and butNot: as logical non-implication. [DBH] src/core/boolean.slate […]
- Added "material impliciation" to Booleans.Added "material impliciation" to Booleans. [DBH] src/core/boolean.slate […]
- Further shell quoting for space characters.Further shell quoting for space characters. [DBH] src/lib/platform.slate […]
- Fixed Platform escapeForShell to escape backslashes themselves.Fixed Platform escapeForShell to escape backslashes themselves. [DBH] src/lib/platform.slate […]
- Extracted the configuration of the files to use for bootstrap image compilation into...Extracted the configuration of the files to use for bootstrap image compilation into a separate text file, and arranged for better support of bootstrapping a different source directory than the present one. [DBH] Makefile [DBH] common.mk [DBH] src/mobius/bootstrap-files.txt [DBH] src/mobius/build.slate […]
Project
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Progress Report
We’ve been in lurk mode for the last few months, but progress continues. Here are some highlights:
The VM was ported from C to C++, allowing some smarter handling by the VM of Slate pointers, which means that our GC is now precise instead of just conservative.
Syntactic support for *rest parameter passing in message sends was added, by sequestering [...]
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Cookbook examples posted to Rosetta Code
The Rosetta Code project makes a wiki for collecting and organizing examples of interesting code snippets and programs across many programming languages. Since Slate lacks a good programming cookbook, we decided to translate many of its examples in order to illustrate Slate capabilities and idioms. You can find most of them on the Slate [...]
Tags: cookbook
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Hello world!
Welcome to the new website for the Slate programming language! We’ll be posting news updates here and discussing related issues.
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Project Re-activated
Thanks to Timmy Douglas’ efforts over the last couple of years, Slate is now running much faster and is easier to work with, so we’re relaunching the project at a new domain, slatelanguage.org. We now use Google to host our mailing list and sources.
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Source Management Update
Slate source management has been migrated from CVS to the DARCS system. See the downloads page for details on how to work with it.
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Website Redesign
The website has been redesigned for easier reading and access, and the descriptions reworded for succinctness and clarity. Progress is being made on the code front, with a new release soon!
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Thesis on Prototypes with Multiple Dispatch
Lee Salzman has replaced his short paper on PMD with a full thesis, to complete his graduation requirements, with many corrections, clarifications and experience reports added. Also there is a wonderful slide presentation explaining the benefits of PMD in laymen’s terms. See also the recommended reading area of the wiki.
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Working on bootstrap
Slate bootstrapping is in progress. Also, an Emacs editing and interaction mode is available in the distribution.