,@placard)
#:goes-by '("list of exhibits" "exhibit list" "list" "exhibits")
#:read-text placard))
- (let ((desc '((p "It's a three-piece exhibit, with three little dioramas and some text "
- "explaining what they represent. They are:")
- (ul (li (b "Late 2015/Early 2016 talk: ")
- "This one explains the run-up conversation from late 2015 "
- "and early 2016 about the need for an "
- "\"asynchronous event loop for Guile\". The diorama "
- "is a model of the Veggie Galaxy restaurant where after "
- "the FSF 30th anniversary party; Mark Weaver, Christopher "
- "Allan Webber, David Thompson, and Andrew Engelbrecht chat "
- "about the need for Guile to have an answer to asynchronous "
- "programming. A mailing list post " ; TODO: link it?
- "summarizing the discussion is released along with various "
- "conversations around what is needed, as well as further "
- "discussion at FOSDEM 2016.")
- (li (b "Early implementations: ")
- "This one shows Chris Webber's 8sync and Chris Vine's "
- "guile-a-sync, both appearing in late 2015 and evolving "
- "into their basic designs in early 2016. It's less a diorama "
- "than a printout of some mailing list posts. Come on, the "
- "curators could have done better with this one.")
- (li (b "Suspendable ports and Fibers: ")
- "The diorama shows Andy Wingo furiously hacking at his keyboard. "
- "The description talks about Wingo's mailing list thread "
- "about possibly breaking Guile compatibility for a \"ports refactor\". "
- "Wingo releases Fibers, another asynchronous library, making use of "
- "the new interface, and 8sync and guile-a-sync "
- "quickly move to support suspendable ports as well. "
- "The description also mentions that there is an exhibit entirely "
- "devoted to suspendable ports."))
- (p "Attached at the bottom is a post it note mentioning "
- "https integration landing in Guile 2.2."))))
+ (let ((desc
+ '((p "It's a three-piece exhibit, with three little dioramas and some text "
+ "explaining what they represent. They are:")
+ (ul (li (b "Late 2015/Early 2016 talk: ")
+ "This one explains the run-up conversation from late 2015 "
+ "and early 2016 about the need for an "
+ "\"asynchronous event loop for Guile\". The diorama "
+ "is a model of the Veggie Galaxy restaurant where after "
+ "the FSF 30th anniversary party; Mark Weaver, Christopher "
+ "Allan Webber, David Thompson, and Andrew Engelbrecht chat "
+ "about the need for Guile to have an answer to asynchronous "
+ "programming. A mailing list post " ; TODO: link it?
+ "summarizing the discussion is released along with various "
+ "conversations around what is needed, as well as further "
+ "discussion at FOSDEM 2016.")
+ (li (b "Early implementations: ")
+ "This one shows Chris Webber's 8sync and Chris Vine's "
+ "guile-a-sync, both appearing in late 2015 and evolving "
+ "into their basic designs in early 2016. It's less a diorama "
+ "than a printout of some mailing list posts. Come on, the "
+ "curators could have done better with this one.")
+ (li (b "Suspendable ports and Fibers: ")
+ "The diorama shows Andy Wingo furiously hacking at his keyboard. "
+ "The description talks about Wingo's mailing list thread "
+ "about possibly breaking Guile compatibility for a \"ports refactor\". "
+ "Wingo releases Fibers, another asynchronous library, making use of "
+ "the new interface, and 8sync and guile-a-sync "
+ "quickly move to support suspendable ports as well. "
+ "The description also mentions that there is an exhibit entirely "
+ "devoted to suspendable ports."))
+ (p "Attached at the bottom is a post it note mentioning "
+ "https integration landing in Guile 2.2."))))
(list
'async-museum:2016-progress-exhibit
<readable> 'async-museum
#:goes-by '("2016 progress exhibit" "2016 progress" "2016 exhibit")
#:desc desc
#:read-text desc))
- (let ((desc '((p "This exhibit is a series of charts explaining the similarities "
- "and differences between 8sync and Fibers, two asynchronous programming "
- "libraries for GNU Guile. It's way too wordy, but you get the general gist.")
- (p (b "Similarities:")
- (ul (li "Both use Guile's suspendable-ports facility")
- (li "Both use message passing")))
- (p (b "Differences:")
- (ul (li "Fibers \"processes\" can read from multiple \"channels\", "
- "but 8sync actors only read from one \"inbox\" each.")
- (li "Different theoretical basis:"
- (ul (li "Fibers: based on CSP (Communicating Sequential Processes), "
- "a form of Process Calculi")
- (li "8sync: based on the Actor Model")
- (li "Luckily CSP and the Actor Model are \"dual\"!")))))
- (p "Fibers is also designed by Andy Wingo, an excellent compiler hacker, "
- "whereas 8sync is designed by Chris Webber, who built this crappy "
- "hotel simulator."))))
+ (let ((desc
+ '((p "This exhibit is a series of charts explaining the similarities "
+ "and differences between 8sync and Fibers, two asynchronous programming "
+ "libraries for GNU Guile. It's way too wordy, but you get the general gist.")
+ (p (b "Similarities:")
+ (ul (li "Both use Guile's suspendable-ports facility")
+ (li "Both use message passing")))
+ (p (b "Differences:")
+ (ul (li "Fibers \"processes\" can read from multiple \"channels\", "
+ "but 8sync actors only read from one \"inbox\" each.")
+ (li "Different theoretical basis:"
+ (ul (li "Fibers: based on CSP (Communicating Sequential Processes), "
+ "a form of Process Calculi")
+ (li "8sync: based on the Actor Model")
+ (li "Luckily CSP and the Actor Model are \"dual\"!")))))
+ (p "Fibers is also designed by Andy Wingo, an excellent compiler hacker, "
+ "whereas 8sync is designed by Chris Webber, who built this crappy "
+ "hotel simulator."))))
(list
'async-museum:8sync-and-fibers-exhibit
<readable> 'async-museum
#:goes-by '("8sync and fibers exhibit" "8sync exhibit" "fibers exhibit")
#:desc desc
#:read-text desc))
- (let ((desc '((p "This exhibit is a series of charts explaining the similarities "
- "and differences between 8sync and Fibers, two asynchronous programming "
- "libraries for GNU Guile. It's way too wordy, but you get the general gist.")
- (p (b "Similarities:")
- (ul (li "Both use Guile's suspendable-ports facility")
- (li "Both use message passing")))
- (p (b "Differences:")
- (ul (li "Fibers \"processes\" can read from multiple \"channels\", "
- "but 8sync actors only read from one \"inbox\" each.")
- (li "Different theoretical basis:"
- (ul (li "Fibers: based on CSP (Communicating Sequential Processes), "
- "a form of Process Calculi")
- (li "8sync: based on the Actor Model")
- (li "Luckily CSP and the Actor Model are \"dual\"!")))))
- (p "Fibers is also designed by Andy Wingo, an excellent compiler hacker, "
- "whereas 8sync is designed by Chris Webber, who built this crappy "
- "hotel simulator."))))
+ (let ((desc
+ '((p "This exhibit is a series of charts explaining the similarities "
+ "and differences between 8sync and Fibers, two asynchronous programming "
+ "libraries for GNU Guile. It's way too wordy, but you get the general gist.")
+ (p (b "Similarities:")
+ (ul (li "Both use Guile's suspendable-ports facility")
+ (li "Both use message passing")))
+ (p (b "Differences:")
+ (ul (li "Fibers \"processes\" can read from multiple \"channels\", "
+ "but 8sync actors only read from one \"inbox\" each.")
+ (li "Different theoretical basis:"
+ (ul (li "Fibers: based on CSP (Communicating Sequential Processes), "
+ "a form of Process Calculi")
+ (li "8sync: based on the Actor Model")
+ (li "Luckily CSP and the Actor Model are \"dual\"!")))))
+ (p "Fibers is also designed by Andy Wingo, an excellent compiler hacker, "
+ "whereas 8sync is designed by Chris Webber, who built this crappy "
+ "hotel simulator."))))
(list
'async-museum:8sync-and-fibers-exhibit
<readable> 'async-museum
"What a lousy scheduler we're using! I hope someone upgrades
that thing soon."))))
-;;;
+;;; Inside the hive
\f
;;; Game
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