Friday 15 November 2002

Journaling Details. Apple: File System Journaling. Note that Apple does not refer to it as a "journaling file system", but rather as "a robust new journaling feature for the Mac OS Extended (HFS+) file system". Note also that it's clearly only supported for Mac OS X Server. [Daring Fireball] 2:19:47 AM    comment [] [The Creation of a Constraint-based Programming Language]. I had to paraphrase the title to fit the maximum length, it's really: The Definition and Implementation of a Computer Programming Language Based on Constraints, by Guy L. Steele (thesis) This is a really wonderful piece of writing. What I got out of it was an introduction to constraint-based programming, a gentle tour of growing a language bit by bit, and an amazing demonstration of Lisp techniques for writing interpreters that fit in neatly with their host environment. (And I only read the first half!) That said, it is book-length and the electronic copy is a scan. The result is 20 megabytes and challenging to print - but well worth the effort. [Lambda the Ultimate] Steele Jr 2:18:31 AM    comment []

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