gmane.comp.lang.smalltalk.fonc

Michael Haupt | 30 Apr 21:39

tutorial update

Dear all,

just a brief notice that my COLA tutorial ("Implementing Brainfuck in  
COLA") is available in an updated version. The update does not bring  
anything fundamentally new, just enhancements, mostly in terms of  
accuracy.

http://www.swa.hpi.uni-potsdam.de/tutorials/cola/index.html

Best,

Michael

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Michael FIG | 1 May 05:11

Re: tutorial update

Hi,

Michael Haupt <michael.haupt@...> writes:

> just a brief notice that my COLA tutorial ("Implementing Brainfuck in
> COLA") is available in an updated version. The update does not bring
> anything fundamentally new, just enhancements, mostly in terms of
> accuracy.

Would you be able to share something like a diff or wdiff of the paper
so that we could see what has changed?

Thanks,

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Michael Haupt | 1 May 10:50

Re: tutorial update

Hi Michael,

Am 01.05.2008 um 05:11 schrieb Michael FIG:
> Would you be able to share something like a diff or wdiff of the paper
> so that we could see what has changed?

it's really what you'd call a maintenance update. If you have read the  
first version, this one won't give you anything new; it just gets some  
things a bit more right:

- the text on syntax definitions in Sec. 2.1 has been extended to make  
clear that they are macros only at first sight,

- the text on action parts in Sec. 2.2.2 has been corrected - there  
was a wrong detail in the description of when they are actually  
executed,

- the implementation has been slightly augmented according to a  
suggestion from Ian (lines 60-63; Sec. 2.2.3) - it's a bit simpler now  
but semantically equivalent.

That's all. 

With Jolt2 becoming more stable, there will be future versions based  
on that, and the update to a Jolt2 implementation will inevitably  
bring more changes in the text, as the philosophy behind things is  
changing.

Best,

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