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diff --git a/2021/talks/bindat.md b/2021/talks/bindat.md index e39603a5..c55e3e8f 100644 --- a/2021/talks/bindat.md +++ b/2021/talks/bindat.md @@ -26,33 +26,33 @@ show how we saved those. Not recommended for birds. # Discussion - Q1: bindat seems very similar to GNU Poke (except that GNU Poke is a - superset, and then some, with a different syntax). I\'m wondering if + superset, and then some, with a different syntax). I'm wondering if it might be good to add a bindat variant that translates to/from Poke if need be (using libpoke), for sheer insane blazing native-code JITted speed. (And, later, maybe letting bindat gain some of the insanely expressive capabilities GNU Poke has got). Its - use of eval blocked this in times past. but now\... + use of eval blocked this in times past. but now... - A:GNU Poke is indeed the natural evolution, and is much more - powerful. Given the fairly little use of BinDat so far, I\'m + powerful. Given the fairly little use of BinDat so far, I'm not sure there will be enough motivation to give access to GNU Poke from Emacs, tho. One of the main benefits of using GNU Poke would probably be that lots of formats are already available for GNU Poke, so you could directly re-use them. -- Q2: Is your dog\'s name something Lisp or PL related\...? :) - - A:Winnie? I don\'t think so, no (we didn\'t choose the name, in +- Q2: Is your dog's name something Lisp or PL related...? :) + - A:Winnie? I don't think so, no (we didn't choose the name, in any case) - Q3: This looks amazing! Is it merged into mainline Emacs, a patch, an external library? - - A: It\'s in Emacs-28 + - A: It's in Emacs-28 - Q4: Are there benchmarks of this vs. the older bindat? - - A:There is a benchmark for it in the \`elisp-benchmarks\` + - A:There is a benchmark for it in the `elisp-benchmarks` - Q5: Do you know of any CL or Scheme libs similar to bindat.el? - - A: No, but I\'d be interested to hear about it if someone else + - A: No, but I'd be interested to hear about it if someone else does. - Q7: You are a hero of kittens everywhere. Do you have any feline pets as well? :) - - A: Not yet. If you\'re near Montreal and you have a kitten for - me, I\'m interested + - A: Not yet. If you're near Montreal and you have a kitten for + me, I'm interested - I *hope* cl-loop is more efficient than building a bunch of intermediate lists when you chain map/filter/reduce operations. |