I'd commend to the LISP hackers' attention the compiler "Stalin"
by Jeff Syskind, who last I knew was at Purdue.
I'm uncertain the extent to which the compiler is available,
but I imagine if you look around (for example find Syskind's home page)
you will find papers or or pointers. My erstwhile co
On 4/10/07, Eric Baum wrote:
I'd commend to the LISP hackers' attention the compiler "Stalin"
by Jeff Syskind, who last I knew was at Purdue.
I'm uncertain the extent to which the compiler is available,
but I imagine if you look around (for example find Syskind's home page)
you will find papers o
The Stalin Scheme compiler can be obtained here:
http://cobweb.ecn.purdue.edu/~qobi/software.html
It is a batch-mode-only compiler, meaning it lacks the interactive
aspect that makes languages like LISP and Ruby so nice to
use.
The optimizations inside the Stalin compiler are quite advanced
tho
Philip> Samantha, you need to provide me with references if you want
Philip> me to believe this. No LISP compiler has ever been optimized
Philip> to any serious degree AFAIK. The nature of the language makes
Philip> it difficult to write efficient code in the first place. And
Philip> I suspec
On 4/9/07, Jeff Rose <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Here are some benchmarks with SBCL lisp and GCC compiled C:
http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/gp4/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=sbcl&lang2=gcc
On the one hand, that is an awfully impressive performance for LISP vs. C.
On the other hand, it also
On 4/10/07, Benjamin Goertzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Mathematical code is exactly what's MOST EASILY OPTIMIZABLE using
techniques as exist in the Stalin Scheme compiler, or better yet in the Java
supercompiler.
Each numeric operation is of course no faster after optimized or super
compilati
> And these advanced compilation techniques are easier to apply to LISP or
> Refal
> or Haskell than to Java, and easier to apply to Java than to C++
Why is that?
well...
C++ has pointers, which basically rule out sophisticated compilation
techniques like partial evaluation and supercompi
"as a person: nihilism & the human condition. crime, drugs, debauchery.
self-destructive and life-endangering behaviour; rejection of social
norms. the world as I know it is a rather petty, woeful place and I
pretty much think modern city-dwelling life is a stenchy wet mouthful
of arse - not to sa
I'm graduating with my BS in Computer Science specialized in AI this fall,
and then probably doing the MSAI program here at UGA. Eventually I want to
be at the level where I can contribute real progress towards AGI/FAI.
Maybe after I get my MS try to join an AGI project (e.g Novamente, A2I2,
etc
