So finally we reach the end of the course, we have been learning a lot of things and today I will talk particularly about the book we red in class: The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
The first thing I must say about the book is that it’s completly oriented to geeks or to anyone who enjoys reading...
lunes, 21 de noviembre de 2016
domingo, 30 de octubre de 2016
[Discussion] Technical Overview of the Common Language Runtime
Hello, this time I would like to discuss a paper written by Erik Meijer and Jim Miller, Microsoft employee’s whose work is related to the Common Language Runtime. The paper is called Technical Overview of the Common Language Runtime and it can be found here.
The main topic of the paper is about the...
jueves, 20 de octubre de 2016
[Discussion] Language Design and Implementation using Ruby and the Interpreter Pattern
Today I’m writing an interesting review, it is about a paper published by our class professor, Ariel Ortiz R.. Language Design and Implementation using Ruby and the Interpreter Pattern is the name of the paper, you can find it here[1].
This paper is particularly interesting for me because it involves...
domingo, 9 de octubre de 2016
[Discussion] Compile-Time Metaprogramming
This time I listened the Software Engineering Podcast, Episode 57: Compile-Time Metaprogramming[1] where Laurence Tratt was present as guest.
Although the episode focuses in the Converge programming language (created by Tratt), it has some significant topics of general interest for the listeners. To...
[Discussion] The mother of compilers
This post entry is an opinion about two resources: the article Grace Hopper - The Mother of Cobol[1] and the video documentary The Queen of Code[2].
Grace Hopper is the one who created the Cobol language. She was a mathematician and became a Navy Admiral in her young age. It is said that she also coined...
jueves, 8 de septiembre de 2016
[Discussion] Internals of GCC
Today I was listening the episode 61[1] of the Software Engineering Radio where Morgan Deters was present as a guest.
Basically Deters explains in a very general way how the GNU Compiler Collection is constructed. I only knew the very basics of gcc, mainly because I use it every time I want to compile...
martes, 30 de agosto de 2016
[Discussion] The hundread-years programming language
This blog post is my personal opinion after reading the article "The Hundread-Year Language" written by Paul Graham in his website [1].
Can you imagine how is the future going to be? As we can see from now, it is more than probabble that computers will still be one of the main tools for industries...