in which our protagonist dreams of laurels
A developer reflects on the political roots of free software, questioning its current purpose after achieving mainstream adoption.
A developer reflects on the political roots of free software, questioning its current purpose after achieving mainstream adoption.
An update on integrating a moving garbage collector into Guile Scheme, detailing technical challenges, refactors, and bug fixes.
A developer's technical log on improving Guile's garbage collector using the Whippet API, focusing on fragmentation and evacuation strategies.
A technical note on integrating the Whippet GC with Guile, focusing on heap sizing heuristics and fragmentation challenges.
Developer details integrating the Whippet garbage collector into Guile Scheme, replacing the older BDW-GC for improved performance and maintainability.
A developer's journey into garbage collection, detailing the creation of the Whippet GC and exploring Immix mark-region algorithms.
A guide on enabling basic UTF-8 string manipulation in Guile Scheme using the Guile-Glib module, including setup and function examples.