[Cuis] Driverless alternatives

[Casey Ransberger]

Not sure about the inspiration for Slang bit. For some reason I think the
idea came from from experience that Dan Ingalls had with translating
something-or-other to BCPL. But I can't back that up because I can't
remember where I read it off the top of my head… so I'll shut up:)


On Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 8:47 AM, Ken Dickey <Ken.Dickey at whidbey.com> wrote:

> No good graphics system, but the Scheme language is _much_ better & safer
> than C++ !
>
> Scheme48 has been used to program mobile robots.  A formal proof system
> verified the implementation http://mumble.net/~jar/pubs/lsc.pdf  Scheme48
> uses a bytecode interpreter but has a PreScheme compiler which converts a
> pure Scheme subset to C.  This was the work that inspired Slang (IMHO).
>
>         http://s48.org
>
> Gambit Scheme compiles to native code and is roughtly compatable with C in
> speed.  had been used to program modest hardware and they did a real-time
> GC implementation.
>
>         http://dynamo.iro.umontreal.ca/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
>
> Among other things, Scheme is a great system in which to write very
> efficient state machines.
>
> $0.02
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