diff --git a/app/views/posts/_2018-04-09-a-dynamic-hello-world.haml b/app/views/posts/_2018-04-09-a-dynamic-hello-world.haml index b9d0023..4da9822 100644 --- a/app/views/posts/_2018-04-09-a-dynamic-hello-world.haml +++ b/app/views/posts/_2018-04-09-a-dynamic-hello-world.haml @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Yet all this time i have been running circles around this mother of a problem, because (after all) it is a BIG one. It must be the one single most important reason why dynamic languages are interpreted and not compiled. + %h2#a-brief-recap A brief recap %p Last year already i started on a rewrite. After hitting this exact same wall for the fourth @@ -22,34 +23,30 @@ and off course i’ll update the architecture soon. But in case you didn’t click, here is the very very short summary: %ul - %li - %p - Vool is a Virtual Object Oriented Language. Virtual in that is has no own syntax. But - it has semantics, and those are substantially simpler than ruby. Vool is Ruby without - the fluff. - %li - %p - Mom, the Minimal Object Machine layer is the first machine layer. Mom has no concept of memory - yet, only objects. Data is transferred directly from object - to object with one of Mom’s main instructions, the SlotLoad. - %li - %p - Risc layer here abstracts the Arm in a minimal and independent way. It does not model - any real RISC cpu instruction set, but rather implements what is needed for rubyx. - %li - %p - There is a minimal - %em Arm - translator that transforms Risc instructions to Arm instructions. - Arm instructions assemble themselves into binary code. A minimal - %em Elf - implementation is - able to create executable binaries from the assembled code and Parfait objects. - %li - %p - Parfait: Generating code (by descending above layers) is only half the story in an oo system. - The other half is classes, types, constant objects and a minimal run-time. This is - what is Parfait is. + %li Vool is a Virtual Object Oriented Language. + Virtual in that is has no own syntax. But + it has semantics, and those are substantially simpler than ruby. Vool is Ruby without + the fluff. + + %li Mom, the Minimal Object Machine layer is the first machine layer. + Mom has no concept of memory + yet, only objects. Data is transferred directly from object + to object with one of Mom’s main instructions, the SlotLoad. + %li Risc layer here abstracts the Arm in a minimal and independent way. + It does not model + any real RISC cpu instruction set, but rather implements what is needed for rubyx. + %li Arm and Elf: + There is a minimal + %em Arm + translator that transforms Risc instructions to Arm instructions. + Arm instructions assemble themselves into binary code. A minimal + %em Elf + implementation is + able to create executable binaries from the assembled code and Parfait objects. + %li Parfait: + Generating code (by descending above layers) is only half the story in an oo system. + The other half is classes, types, constant objects and a minimal run-time. This is + what is Parfait is. %h2#compiling-and-building Compiling and building %p After having finished all this layering work, i was back to square @@ -83,15 +80,17 @@ %h2#the-proof The proof %p Previous, static, Hello Worlds looked like this: - \> “Hello world”.putstring + %blockquote + “Hello world”.putstring %p Off course we can know the type that putstring applies to and so this does not involve any method resolution at runtime, only at compile time. %p Todays step is thus: - \> a = “Hello World” %blockquote - %p a.putstring + a = “Hello World” + %br + a.putstring %p This does involve a run-time lookup of the %em putstring @@ -99,14 +98,14 @@ it is indeed found and called.(1) Hurray. %p And maths works too: - \> a = 150 %blockquote - %p a.div10 + a = 150 + %br + a.div10 %p - Does indeed result in 15. Even with the + Does indeed result in 15. Also most operator (+,- <<) work. Even with the %em new - integers. Part of the rewrite was to upgrade - integers to first class objects. + integers. Part of the rewrite was to upgrade integers to first class objects. %p PS(1): I know with more analysis the compiler %em could diff --git a/app/views/posts/_2018-04-22-four-years-and-going-strong.haml b/app/views/posts/_2018-04-22-four-years-and-going-strong.haml index 23b6ac6..ab8482c 100644 --- a/app/views/posts/_2018-04-22-four-years-and-going-strong.haml +++ b/app/views/posts/_2018-04-22-four-years-and-going-strong.haml @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@ %p - After finishing the code, now i updated all the docs too! + After + =link_to "finishing the code," , "/blog/a-dynamic-hello-world" + i updated all the docs too! %h2 The rewrite %p