Co-dfns Roadmap and Updates // Aaron Hsu // Dyalog '24

Aaron Hsu

Aaron presents work that has been done in the Co-dfns compiler to improve integration and support for traditional APL code, as well as a roadmap for these features into the future. He discusses the performance and features of present releases together with caveats, recommendations for using the compiler, and some unique things that Co-dfns can help you to do with APL.

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00:54 A compiled implementation of APL
01:48 A guide to APL programming techniques
03:09 A tool for scaling APL
03:59 Use case #1: GPUs
05:27 Use case #2: Scalar Hot Spots
06:40 Use case #3: Static Analysis
08:14 Use case #4: Integration
09:45 Traditional APL
10:14 Traditional APL: Features
10:59 Traditional APL: Parse vs. Exec
11:54 Parser-only supported features
12:11 Trad-fns: Scoping concerns
13:07 Trad-fns: Scoping approach
14:42 Lending a helping hand
15:08 Current efforts
16:03 Progress: Parser
16:23 Progress: Memory overheads
16:53 Benchmarking
17:46 Recommendations/Limits
18:48 Unique features

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