[fonc] yet another meta compiler compiler

2013-02-08 Thread Charles Perkins
While we're all waiting for the next STEP report I thought I'd share something I've been working on, inspired by O'Meta and by the Meta-II paper and by the discussions on this list from November. I've written up the construction of a parser generator and compiler compiler here: https://github.c

Re: [fonc] yet another meta compiler compiler

2013-02-08 Thread Matthew Retchin
Where are the other chapters and what is the book about? On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 6:52 PM, Charles Perkins wrote: > While we're all waiting for the next STEP report I thought I'd share > something I've been working on, inspired by O'Meta and by the Meta-II paper > and by the discussions on this li

Re: [fonc] yet another meta compiler compiler

2013-02-08 Thread Alan Kay
Looks nice to me! But no ivory towers around to pillage. (However planting a few seeds is almost always a good idea) Cheers, Alan > > From: Charles Perkins >To: Fundamentals of New Computing >Sent: Friday, February 8, 2013 3:52 PM >Subject: [fonc] yet anot

Re: [fonc] yet another meta compiler compiler

2013-02-08 Thread Charles Perkins
Er… Hmm… About that… In the (missing) Chapter 1 I attempt to illustrate building a computation model using a declarative and incremental programming language. Towards the end of that effort I realized I really needed an implementation of the language. I really like Alessandro's work but when

Re: [fonc] yet another meta compiler compiler

2013-02-08 Thread Charles Perkins
Thank you, Alan! That means quite a bit to me. I was so looking forward to a good pillage. Ah well… to follow your metaphor (a kinder one and more inclusive to be sure) I am most appreciative of the generous sharing of seeds going on around here. Chuck On Feb 8, 2013, at 5:42 PM, Alan Kay w