diff todo.txt @ 74:a844c623c7df

Add support for Worker type
author Mike Pavone <pavone@retrodev.com>
date Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:32:08 -0400
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+"Soon":
+	Tail call optimization
+	Fix Array and Worker memory leaks
+
+Needed for compiler to be self-hosting:
+	Finish implementation of String
+	Finish implementation of List
+	Add support for List literals in compiler
+	Implement Dictionary
+	Implement File	
+	Add support for implicit conversions
+	Tweak extendlib to work with language changes introduced with compiler
+	Tweak compiler to work with language changes introduced with compiler
+
+Needed for web site to work in compiler:
+	Pretty much everything needed for the compiler to be self-hosting
+	Implement Net Connection (or whatever the TCP connection type gets called)
+	Add support for multi-threaded execution in runtime (not strictly needed)
+	Add support for global stores to compiler/runtime
+	Tweak site to work with language changes introduced with compiler
+
+Other Stuff:
+	Add varargs and/or optional arguments
+	Add sugar to be able to call a variable without having to do "[var]Call[...]"
+	Implement "Call" on container types so you can do things like "somelist[2]"
+		and also uses containers as if they were workers (pass them to Fold,
+		Map, etc.). Call implementation should use varargs to allow some kind
+		of slice notation or fetching multiple values depending on type.
+	Support list literals that contain non-literals e.g. (1,foo,[bar]+[4])
+	Add Javascript backend
+	Add x86_64 backend (or maybe LLVM backend?)
+	Support construction of new workers at runtime
+	Get a REPL working on the new stack
+	Flesh out ideas for having limited I/O within transactions
+	Add module system
+	Exception support
+