Re: [Caml-list] Flambda/compiler walkthrough + modularity

[Yotam Barnoy <yotambarnoy@gmail.com>]

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On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 4:31 PM, Hendrik Boom <hendrik@topoi.pooq.com>
wrote:

>
> PR? I donn't know the acronym.
>
>
Pull Request -- github's term for a proposed commit to a git repository. It
supports a fairly detailed discussion mechanism on specific parts of the
code, which could enable building up of documentation through a
question-and-answer process.

-Yotam



> > (or others) would ask questions about functions I didn't understand, and
> > other people would step up and explain them. Eventually, there might be
> > some documentation and clarification to add to the code. This would
> require
> > tolerance of 'unhelpful' and question-based documentation PRs. There
> might
> > be some very basic questions in there. We could add a specific tag, so
> > these PRs aren't closed prematurely (they could take a while). Would that
> > be ok?
> >
> > -Yotam
> >
> >
> > > On Mon, Mar 14, 2016 at 11:36 AM, Goswin von Brederlow <
> goswin-v-b@web.de>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> On Fri, Mar 11, 2016 at 12:04:17PM -0500, Yotam Barnoy wrote:
> > >> > While thinking about the best way to learn the new Flambda code in
> the
> > >> > minimal amount of time, I thought to myself, "wouldn't it be
> amazing to
> > >> > have Pierre Chambart and Mark Shinwell just do a video walkthrough
> of
> > >> their
> > >> > code". And then I thought about the rest of the codebase, about
> Jacques
> > >> > Garrigue doing a walkthrough of the typechecker code, and each
> expert(s)
> > >> > talking about the parts they know really well, and about how
> amazing it
> > >> > would be if we had this resource on youtube. It would be the
> ultimate
> > >> form
> > >> > of documentation by the foremost experts on aspects OCaml, welcoming
> > >> > programmers to contribute to the OCaml compiler in the easiest way
> > >> possible.
> > >> >
> > >> > A step further would be if this was done on Twitch or some similar
> live
> > >> > broadcasting platform, so people could actually ask live questions
> as
> > >> the
> > >> > session took place. The resulting video would be posted to youtube.
> > >> >
> > >> > What do you guys think?
> > >> >
> > >> > -Yotam
> > >>
> > >> I would watch that.
> > >>
> > >> MfG
> > >>         Goswin
> > >>
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