Online Lisp Meeting #9

[Michał "phoe" Herda]

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMivYV0pEMw
Slides:
http://metamodular.com/SICL/creating-a-common-lisp-implementation-part-3.pdf

On 11.09.2020 14:03, Michał "phoe" Herda wrote:
>
> Forgot about calendar invitations! Here they are.
>
> On 11.09.2020 13:25, Michał "phoe" Herda wrote:
>>
>> Good morning, everyone!
>>
>> The ninth Online Lisp Meeting will bring us Robert Strandh with his
>> third installment in the Creating a Common Lisp Implementation series.
>>
>>> In this series of presentations, we examine different strategies for
>>> creating a Common Lisp implementation, as well as the pros and cons of
>>> each strategy.
>>>
>>> We assume basic knowledge about how a typical modern operating system
>>> (such as Unix) works, and how traditional batch languages (such as C)
>>> are compiled and executed on such a system.  We furthermore assume
>>> medium-level knowledge about Common Lisp.
>>>
>>> In part 3, we investigate one possible solution to the conundrum of
>>> our first strategy outlined in part 2, namely the circular
>>> compile-time dependencies between many standard macros and standard
>>> functions, forcing us to write more code in a language other than
>>> Common Lisp, and also forcing us to write "unnatural" Common Lisp
>>> code.  The solution to this problem is the foundation of our second
>>> strategy for creating a Common Lisp implementation, and it relies on
>>> using an existing host Common Lisp implementation for cross
>>> compilation.
>>>
>>> Since some time has passed since part 1 and 2 were streamed, we
>>> strongly recommend that interested participants make sure that the
>>> material covered in those two parts is fresh in memory, if necessary
>>> by watching those presentations again.
>>
>> A short Jitsi talk with everyone will happen just after the meeting -
>> everyone is invited!
>>
>> Date/time/location:
>>
>> * Date: 16th September 2020
>> * Time: 13:00 CEST - https://time.is/en/CEST
>> * Talk: https://www.twitch.tv/TwitchPlaysCommonLisp
>> * Hangout: https://chat.heisig.xyz/TwitchPlaysCommonLisp @ 14:30
>>
>> Massive thanks to Marco Heisig for providing the Jitsi instance where
>> we can hang out after the talk.
>>
>> A mailing list has been created for the purpose of organizing and
>> promoting the online talks. Further announcements will be posted
>> there. See https://mailman.common-lisp.net/listinfo/online-lisp-meets
>>
>> Lisp videos always accepted! Please let me know if you'd like to talk
>> about anything Lisp-related.
>>
>> BR and see you,
>> Michał "phoe" Herda
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