Archive 7. December 2009

Cadmium - Introduction - matching Cafesterol here is the OCAML Runtime in pure Java. With this, you can execute OCAML bytecode or use it as a runtime for programs compiled with Cafesterol.

Cafesterol - cool, an extension of the OCAML compiler that generates Java bytecode. With this, you can use OCaml not only to serve your own virtual machine and of course generate native code, but also go directly into the Java world.

PLT Scheme Blog: Futures: Fine Grained Parallelism in PLT - the best Scheme on the market now also gets microthreads. Still quite fresh at the moment, but this will certainly make it into the standard range in the long run.

Short Chat Server in Clojure - interesting small example of Clojure code. Shows well the use of asynchronous processes and network access. And with 75 lines nicely clear.