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%h2.center Compiling Ruby to Binary.
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%div
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%p.center
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%span
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Putting wings on ruby to let you fly (may take X years).
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.row
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.tripple
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%h2.center Goal
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%p
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The goal is to execute (not interpret) object oriented code without external dependencies,
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on modern hardware.
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%p
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This means compiling dynamic code into binary. Using type knowledge at run-time we
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optimise and cache method dispatch for know types.
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As the system is 100% in ruby, the ultimate goal is to carry on the compilation at run-time,
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ie after the program has started.
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%b No interpretation.
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%p
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Using the compilation method on it's own runtime (and bootstraping with an exising ruby),
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it is possible to write the whole system in a dynamic oo language (ruby), thus
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%b removing the two language problem
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(having to choose between nice and fast)
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.tripple
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%h2.center Status
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%p
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Work is progressing on the ruby compiler. This uses a pure
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%a{:href => "https://github.com/whitequark/parser"} ruby parser
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to create:
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%ul
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%li
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An Object model of
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= succeed "," do
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%a{:href => "/typed/parfait.html"} classes, types
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%li Methods for every type (may be several per class)
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%p
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The lower level, strongly typed layer is
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= succeed "." do
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%a{:href => "/typed/typed.html"} finished
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%ul
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%li Object based memory (no global memory)
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%li Object oriented calling semantics (not stack based)
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%li Inline method caching.
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%li
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%a{:href => "https://github.com/ruby-x/ruby/tree/master/lib/register", :target => "_blank"} Register machine abstraction
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%li
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Extensible instruction set, with arm implementations
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%p
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An abstract risc like register level defines some abstraction from the actual hardware. The
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type compiler compiles to this level, but a mapping to Arm is provided to produce
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%b working binaries
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%p
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There is also an interpreter (mostly for testing) and a basic
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%a{:href => "https://github.com/ruby-x/rubyx-debugger"} visual debugger
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which not only helps
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debugging, but also understanding of the machine.
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.tripple
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%h2.center Docs
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%p
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The short introduction is under the
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%a{:href => "/rubyx/layers.html"} architecture
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menu.
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%p
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The section on the intermediate representation is
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%a{:href => "/typed/typed.html"} here
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%p
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The
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%a{:href => "/project/motivation.html"} about
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section has some info of when and how this
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started. If you feel like contributing
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%a{:href => "/contribute.html"} read this
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or write a
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%a{:href => "https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/ruby-x"} mail
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%h2.center News
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%p
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Last but not least, i try to get recent developments down on paper when they are still fresh.
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%p
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%p
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{{ site.posts[1].date | date: "%d.%m.%y" }}:
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%p
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