Daily Archives: January 11, 2009

LLVM Bitcode vs. Protocol Buffers

Posted on January 11, 2009 by Josh

In a comment to a previous entry, Emmanuel Castro asks: You chose the LLVM bitcode format for Gazelle instead of Google Protocol Buffer. Is there any reason, or was it just because you made the choice before Protocol Buffer was … Continue reading →

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The importance of being earnest

Posted on January 11, 2009 by Josh

While I’m at it, I wanted to take a moment to recognize that I’ve too frequently made claims that are unsupported or premature. The worst example of this was when I claimed to have found an algorithm that computes LL(k) … Continue reading →

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Looking to 0.4

Posted on January 11, 2009 by Josh

Given that whitespace has been relatively painless to implement, I think I’ll tackle a number of smaller things I’ve been meaning to do before releasing 0.4. Like whitespace-handling, these are things that prevent Gazelle from being more than a toy … Continue reading →

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Gazelle handling whitespace/comments

Posted on January 11, 2009 by Josh

I’m digging back into Gazelle after a several-month dormancy. If you happen to be someone who syndicates my commits, either directly or via your GitHub news feed (don’t laugh — I have 18 “watchers” on GitHub!) you’ll notice a flurry … Continue reading →

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