[Grace-core] Minutes of Teleconference 14.03.2012
James Noble
kjx at ecs.vuw.ac.nz
Tue Mar 13 17:07:36 PDT 2012
* usual discussions of the deficiencies of Skype, Lion, old Macs…
* multi-line or uninterpreted strings on ‹› ?
* talked about the "main program"
either scripts (beginners) or modules with nominated methods.
initialization code inside objects is run on creation
code at top level "script" is run inside DefaultObject.
* talked about the structure of language levels
- parser parses full language
- ast walkers (plugins) that subset language and produce error messages
- "supersets" defined in libraries
* talked about how
* talked about language / library levels
- lists / sequences
- sets
- what should (or shouldn't) be built in
* james' grammar doesn't have varargs
* think about delurking the project further
- can we make mini grace more accessible?
- can it e.g. call processing.js
- more on the web? nicer format? (spec, release notes, tutorial)
- james needs to actually do another spec release 0.350, 0.400?
* plan for Onward paper slowly progressing...
next meeting - same time next week: 3-5pm 20th Pacific, 11-13 21st NZ
and week after 3-5pm 27th Pacific, 11-13 28st NZ
trying to find time next week
James
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