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diff --git a/2022/talks/async.md b/2022/talks/async.md index 15d7b67a..da1d83cf 100644 --- a/2022/talks/async.md +++ b/2022/talks/async.md @@ -49,43 +49,43 @@ provably correct code. You can find him at: # Discussion - Q: (Referencing the first half of your talk): How does this approach - compare to using tq.el, Emacs\' built-in library for transaction + compare to using tq.el, Emacs' built-in library for transaction queues? - - A: Great question; should have mentioned that\... I took a look, - but chose to just do it \"by hand\"; I wouldn\'t have used many + - A: Great question; should have mentioned that... I took a look, + but chose to just do it "by hand"; I wouldn't have used many of the features offerred by tq. - Q: Have you considered using the aio.el library (written by Chris Wellons) that implements async/await for Emacs lisp using promises? - It\'s implemented using Elisp\'s record data structure, and turns + It's implemented using Elisp's record data structure, and turns the nested callback structure into regular-looking Elisp code (without extra keywords etc). +1 - - A: I wasn\'t aware, but thanks for the pointer\-- will + - A: I wasn't aware, but thanks for the pointer-- will definitely take a look - Q: not to take away from your excellent work, but are you aware that - EMMS has an MPD client? There\'s also mpc.el built into Emacs. + EMMS has an MPD client? There's also mpc.el built into Emacs. - A: Another great point; I am, along with mpdel (another MPD - client for Emacs). They are all full-fledge applications\-- I + client for Emacs). They are all full-fledge applications-- I just wanted a small, tight toolkit - Q:Have you seen the Lonesome Pine Specials? I saw your music library and figured you would be interested. My favorite is the one with Edgar Meyer, Sam Bush, Jerry Douglas, and I think Bela Fleck and - Mark O\'Connor? - - A: LOL I haven\'t, but I I think I will be! + Mark O'Connor? + - A: LOL I haven't, but I I think I will be! - Q: can you share the code to the macro that creates the callback tree? - A: <https://github.com/sp1ff/elmpd/blob/master/elmpd.el#L898> - thanks! - Q: would using dynamic/special vars add anything interesting / - easier to async elisp in your opinion? i noticed you using \`let\` a - lot, but if you defined a variable hmm\... not sure if i can :) i + easier to async elisp in your opinion? i noticed you using `let` a + lot, but if you defined a variable hmm... not sure if i can :) i was just wondering if having dynamic binding in Elisp opposed to something like JS adds some power to async programming - A: lexical binding is easier to reason about :) -- Q: There\'s another package (chuntaro?) in addition to wellon\'s aio +- Q: There's another package (chuntaro?) in addition to wellon's aio that also implements a coroutine trampoline on the emacs event loop. any thoughts on the async/await paradigm generally red/blue functions, etc? - - A: Longer discussion in the chat room, but I think it\'s a + - A: Longer discussion in the chat room, but I think it's a promising if over-used approach to concurrency. - Q: How does your project compare to some of the other MPD clients? - Q: Any thoughts on the async await paradigm generally, red-blue functions, etc.? |