By matt, on June 26th, 2006%
If you’ve not heard much from this quarter, its because I’ve been keeping busy.
First, I’m in Portugal, at the windy, south-western most point in Europe.
I actually spent more time jogging here than sunning and relaxing…
Carrie nearly blew away from the end of the world!
Most of my last few weeks has been spent bootstrapping 42. You can . . . → Read More: Away (Portugal)
By matt, on June 23rd, 2006%
Who are we to implement a programming language?! Truly, there is barely a more offensive act of hubris in the world of computing.
42 is intended to be a platform for exploring parallel code generation and distribution. Furthermore, it is an experiment in compiler implementation; we are attempting to implement a safe, yet extensible framework for [...] . . . → Read More: Hubris in the form of 42
By matt, on June 22nd, 2006%
I need to be better about posting regular updates. If we’re going to have a blog, I should use it.
Website and source code
First, we’ve moved to MediaWiki for our main website. This was a large change, and hopefully it means more documentation will find its way more readily to the WWW. If nothing else, it [...] . . . → Read More: Websites, source code, and compilers
By matt, on June 20th, 2006%
All the world’s a stage, and this quote, often abused.
M. Jadud
What can an Actor do? Not as pressing a question as What Would an Actor Do? (WWAD?), but certainly an important question never-the-less. I want to remind the gentle reader that I have many grand schemes about great, sweeping themes and stories about agent-based programming [...] . . . → Read More: What can an Actor do?
By matt, on June 4th, 2006%
I really want to apologize; I just started the weblog, and promptly went silent for too long! My intent is to post weekly. The last few weeks, however, were difficult. I was busy trotting the globe, obtaining work permits (so as to remain in the UK legally), and this was really quite stressful.
But, that’s over [...] . . . → Read More: Magic Mushrooms!