Comments on: Parsing source code can be so easy… http://gnoack.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/parsingsourcecode/ Illustrated musings about the computer science world Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:02:57 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: guenther http://gnoack.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/parsingsourcecode/#comment-2542 guenther Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:02:24 +0000 http://guenthernoack.de/2008/03/26/parsingsourcecode/#comment-2542 <p>Sorry about the delay, must have looked like spam to my weblog system... Actually, this comment did as well. I just turned spam protection off again... :-/</p> <p>It's true: The deeper you dig into the computer science past, the more you see how much useful things seems to be forgotten...</p> <p>However, I see some signs of a turnaround. :-) Just yesterday, I enjoyed to hear a <a href="http://www.se-radio.net/podcast/2008-01/episode-84-dick-gabriel-lisp" rel="nofollow">podcast episode on Lisp on SE-Radio</a>. (There's also a very interesting one on Erlang.)</p> <p> Oh, yes. Before I forget it; I have heard you can modify the abstract syntax tree (or whatever it is called there) of your programs at runtime in Lisp. :-) However, as object oriented programming seems to have quite a bit of practical relevance these days, I decided to take a look at the language all those OO guys come from. Alan Kay must have taken some inspiration in Lisp when designing Smalltalk, however I prefer to take the step-by-step approach. :-) </p> <p> (I just used up an hour reading articles by Alan Kay and about Lisp. Looks like I really just hit the tip of the Iceberg. ;-) ) </p> Sorry about the delay, must have looked like spam to my weblog system… Actually, this comment did as well. I just turned spam protection off again… :-/

It’s true: The deeper you dig into the computer science past, the more you see how much useful things seems to be forgotten…

However, I see some signs of a turnaround. :-) Just yesterday, I enjoyed to hear a podcast episode on Lisp on SE-Radio. (There’s also a very interesting one on Erlang.)

Oh, yes. Before I forget it; I have heard you can modify the abstract syntax tree (or whatever it is called there) of your programs at runtime in Lisp. :-) However, as object oriented programming seems to have quite a bit of practical relevance these days, I decided to take a look at the language all those OO guys come from. Alan Kay must have taken some inspiration in Lisp when designing Smalltalk, however I prefer to take the step-by-step approach. :-)

(I just used up an hour reading articles by Alan Kay and about Lisp. Looks like I really just hit the tip of the Iceberg. ;-) )

]]> By: Dominik http://gnoack.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/parsingsourcecode/#comment-2541 Dominik Tue, 01 Apr 2008 13:09:48 +0000 http://guenthernoack.de/2008/03/26/parsingsourcecode/#comment-2541 Weisst Du, wer auch keine Kommentare freigeschaltet hat? ... ... HITLER! Weisst Du, wer auch keine Kommentare freigeschaltet hat?
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]]> By: Dominik http://gnoack.wordpress.com/2008/03/26/parsingsourcecode/#comment-2540 Dominik Sat, 29 Mar 2008 22:22:19 +0000 http://guenthernoack.de/2008/03/26/parsingsourcecode/#comment-2540 Gunther, meet the tip of the iceberg. Tip of the iceberg, meet Gunther. Now you're ready for the real stuff: http://bc.tech.coop/blog/050911.html http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.lisp/msg/cfcd96cc750e7b2a?hl=en http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.lisp/msg/cfcd96cc750e7b2a?hl=en And it's not only for old people: http://www.advogato.org/person/johnw/diary/12.html Gunther, meet the tip of the iceberg. Tip of the iceberg, meet Gunther.

Now you’re ready for the real stuff:
http://bc.tech.coop/blog/050911.html
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.lisp/msg/cfcd96cc750e7b2a?hl=en
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.lisp/msg/cfcd96cc750e7b2a?hl=en

And it’s not only for old people:
http://www.advogato.org/person/johnw/diary/12.html

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