[erlang-questions] concurrency developments

[Bob Calco]

Awewome, thanks!

- Bob


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Carlsson [mailto:richardc@REDACTED]
> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 6:39 AM
> To: bobcalco@REDACTED
> Cc: Robert Virding; erlang-questions@REDACTED; dmercer@REDACTED
> Subject: Re: [erlang-questions] concurrency developments
> 
> This page has the most up-to-date Core Erlang specification,
> and some info on how to compile to/from Core source code:
> 
>    http://www.it.uu.se/research/group/hipe/cerl/
> 
> The Core Erlang representation is an important intermediate
> step for the BEAM compiler, and the HiPE compiler can generate
> native code directly from Core Erlang as well as from BEAM.
> 
>      /Richard
> 
> Robert Virding wrote:
> > On 16/01/2008, *Bob Calco* <bobcalco@REDACTED
> > <mailto:bobcalco@REDACTED>> wrote:
> >
> >     I have recently decided to experiment writing a Ruby-like front
> end
> >     to Erlang, code named Emerld, which would generate Erlang code
> that
> >     would then be compiled (at least until I can learn the BEAM file
> >     format well enough to generate it directly). It could
> theoretically
> >     be retargeted to .NET or Java when either of the two got their
> act
> >     together for concurrency. That seems to me more a matter of when
> >     than if. Until then though I have committed myself to mastering
> >     Erlang, because I think it will give me a huge competitive edge
> in
> >     the new multi-core world we live in as a software designer and
> >     architect.
> >
> >
> > If you are going to compile down to something other than straight
> Erlang
> > then the best target is Core erlang. It a pure relatively simple and
> > standard functional language which is used inside the compiler. The
> AST
> > is defined by a set of records and there are tools to
> read/check/print
> > it. As far as I know there is nothing *legal* you can do in the BEAM
> > code which you can't do in Core. Also you have the benefit of not
> being
> > forced to modify your compiler as the BEAM engine is improved. If I
> > remember correctly HIPA also uses Core for one pass in its compiler.
> > Someone who knows can comment.
> >
> > This is what I am doing for my LISP front-end to Erlang. Soon to be
> ready.
> >
> > Robert
> >
> >
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