Category Archives: Mint

I guess I’m a bit behind the technology curve. The MacBook that I’m using as one of my development machines is one of the original white Intel MacBooks with a Core Duo CPU (not Core 2 Duo). It’s a 32-bit … Continue reading →

I’m really quite proud of this little reflection-based S-expression parser that I wrote for our GPCE Mint tutorial. We wanted to have a parser so we don’t have to construct our ASTs using Java code. The problem was that we’ll … Continue reading →

I just took a swim in the string pool. Who would have thought that interning strings would be so useful for weak separability in Mint? I knew before that we had some problems calling String.equals in a separable method, like … Continue reading →

As mentioned before, Eddy and I discovered a problem with type variables in code generated by the Mint compiler. We have now fixed this problem in the new release of Mint and DrJava with Mint: August 30, 2010 (r15716). The … Continue reading →

When working on our GPCE Mint tutorial, Eddy and I realized that there is a problem when programmers use type variables inside brackets. A method like 1234public separable <X> Code<X> fun(Code<X> c1, Code<X> c2) { return <| ( `(lfTest.eval(e,f).booleanCodeValue()) ? … Continue reading →

When working on our GPCE tutorial, Eddy and I discovered a small bug in the Mint compiler which I have now fixed in the new release of Mint and DrJava with Mint: August 24, 2010 (r15707). The latest release is, … Continue reading →

On Friday, I created a new release of Mint and DrJava with Mint: August 20, 2010 (r15700). The latest release is, as always, available from the Mint implementation page: JavaMint-r15700.tar.gzJavaMint-r15700-binaries.zipdrjava-r5372-mint-r15700.jar The only changes that we made were a small change … Continue reading →

Eddy and I proposed a tutorial lecture for GPCE’10, and we’re delighted to report that it has been accepted for presentation on Sunday, October 10, 2010. Agile and Efficient Domain-Specific Languages using Multi-stage Programming in Java Mint Domain-specific languages (DSLs) … Continue reading →

The Java Mint tutorial lecture called “Agile and Efficient Domain-Specific Languages using Multi-stage Programming in Java Mint“, which Eddy and I proposed, has been accepted at GPCE 2010. I’m looking forward to being in Eindhoven in October. Before that, on … Continue reading →

I just created a new release of Mint and DrJava with Mint: July 28, 2010 (r15665). It’s been over a year since we made the first version of Mint available! The latest release is, as always, available from the Mint … Continue reading →

I just created a new release of Mint and DrJava with Mint: July 22, 2010 (r15637). It’s been over a year since we made the first version of Mint available! The latest release is, as always, available from the Mint … Continue reading →

A few days ago I registered for PLDI 2010, just in time for early registration, and booked my flights from Houston to Toronto and back. I’m looking forward to being back in Canada and seeing my third Canadian city. I’ll … Continue reading →