[Pharo-project] Smalltalk in small steps ?
Hi All, As some of you may know I am writing a Smalltalk for the Java Virtual Machine and it is coming along well. http://redline.st with source on http://github.com Recently I came across a series of blog posts by Peter Michaux on Scheme from scratch and I wondered: Would it be worth while for the Smalltalk community, and language enthusiasts if I were to do the same with Redline Smalltalk, that is, make each features implementation part of a blog post and a 'work along' ? Would you like to see this and or work along with Redline ? Rgs, James.
On 6 December 2010 21:50, James Ladd <james_ladd@hotmail.com> wrote:
Hi All,
As some of you may know I am writing a Smalltalk for the Java Virtual Machine and it is coming along well. http://redline.st with source on http://github.com
Recently I came across a series of blog posts by Peter Michaux on Scheme from scratch and I wondered:
Would it be worth while for the Smalltalk community, and language enthusiasts if I were to do the same with Redline Smalltalk, that is, make each features implementation part of a blog post and a 'work along' ?
It is good for readers like me. Since you can describe the choices you made along the road and explain why you go that direction rather than another one. It is always interesting reading about such things. So, please do :)
Would you like to see this and or work along with Redline ?
Rgs, James.
-- Best regards, Igor Stasenko AKA sig.
Em 06/12/2010 18:50, James Ladd < james_ladd@hotmail.com > escreveu:
Hi All,
James,
As some of you may know I am writing a Smalltalk for the Java Virtual Machine and it is coming along well. http://redline.st with source on http://github.com Recently I came across a series of blog posts by Peter Michaux on Scheme from scratch and I wondered: Would it be worth while for the Smalltalk community, and language enthusiasts if I were to do the same with Redline Smalltalk, that is, make each features implementation part of a blog post and a 'work along' ?
If you follow the same line than Michaux's I have to say it will be an expenditure of resources for a very small audience indeed. If you pay attention to the "Prerequisites" <quote> This exploration is not for novice programmers. It is a tutorial introduction for novice language implementor and enthusiasts from the perspective of a novice language implementor and enthusiast. </quote>
Would you like to see this and or work along with Redline ?
It is interesting to see how issues of an implementation are being solved. You may get some ideas and suggestions from readers of your blog. HTH -- Cesar Rabak
On Dec 6, 2010, at 15:50, James Ladd wrote:
Recently I came across a series of blog posts by Peter Michaux on Scheme from scratch and I wondered:
Would it be worth while for the Smalltalk community, and language enthusiasts if I were to do the same with Redline Smalltalk, that is, make each features implementation part of a blog post and a 'work along' ?
Would you like to see this and or work along with Redline ?
I would certainly read such a blog, and comment as time permits. Perhaps most importantly, you may find that, like literate programming, the effort to explain your decisions and implementation in prose may very well improve the code. ../Dave
James Ladd wrote:
Would it be worth while for the Smalltalk community, and language enthusiasts if I were to do the same with Redline Smalltalk, that is, make each features implementation part of a blog post and a 'work along' ?
I would be very interested in seeing the intention and process behind the final code. Thanks for bringing it up! Sean p.s. yes, sounds very "literate programming" -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/Smalltalk-in-small-steps-tp3075299p3077205.html Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
Hi: On 07 Dec 2010, at 21:51, Sean P. DeNigris wrote:
James Ladd wrote:
Would it be worth while for the Smalltalk community, and language enthusiasts if I were to do the same with Redline Smalltalk, that is, make each features implementation part of a blog post and a 'work along' ?
I would be very interested in seeing the intention and process behind the final code.
Me too :) Thanks Stefan -- Stefan Marr Software Languages Lab Vrije Universiteit Brussel Pleinlaan 2 / B-1050 Brussels / Belgium http://soft.vub.ac.be/~smarr Phone: +32 2 629 2974 Fax: +32 2 629 3525
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