Lisp for High-Performance Transaction Processing

[aaronjsherman]

I was surprised at how much ITA made public in this talk. Having worked there in the past, I didn't think I was allowed to discuss some of what's covered in this talk along the lines of QPX and Res internals. As always, Dan is insightful, even when I don't agree with him.

[nsakic]

it could've been more informative with some code examples.

[TimmermanV]

Computer says yes.

[Heartofadeadpoet]

no one is sitting there. lol

[mndrix]

The talk could have used some visual elements but the content is instructive. He gives a glimpse into commercial software development with Lisp (there are 12 actively-developed Common Lisp compilers to choose from). In passing he suggests a novel approach to handling exceptions by distinguishing between Bohr bugs (deterministic) and Heisenbugs (non-deterministic.

As one unfamiliar with large-scale Lisp development, I found the talk instructive.

[ramkrsna]

is the guy with the polka dotted shirt in the audience , peter norvig ?

[zalmoxe]

Yes.

[bluesrunthegame]

The terrifying voice from above really woke me up, and again.