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Breck Yunits
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Microprogramming: a new way to program
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Connor McCormick ☀️
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What’s an example of a useful microprogram?
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Breck Yunits
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I just updated the blog post with a QA that includes an annotated example https://breckyunits.com/microprograms.html
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Connor McCormick ☀️
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Why is a microprogram not just a function, procedure, or method?
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Breck Yunits
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It is accurate to say a microprogram is a function with 0 or more params. The difference is all functions are not easy to copy/paste/concatenate/mix and match, whereas all microprograms are. Languages need to be designed for microprogramming.
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Connor McCormick ☀️
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Why is it not functional programming?
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Breck Yunits
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It can also be considered functional programming. This is great feedback, thanks. I realize the main point is not getting across. The key insight is that the Particles syntax _matters_. Your language must be designed for microprogramming at the ground level. If you can represent your language in BNF form, it is NOT designed for microprogramming. If you cannot easily chop your programs into microprograms (for example, if your lang has parens), it is not microprogramming. This does NOT work for context free grammars. You _must_ use the Particle Syntax (or another similar syntax) to separate particles. Particles allows for parallel parsing/computation (you can split a file into 1,000 microprograms and each can be parsed by their own parser in parallel). If your program requires being parsed by a top down parser, it is not microprogramming. The program must be able to be chopped up into many microprograms and delegated to microparsers. (of course, a blend of the 2 exists).
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