Author Archives: Christopher Lane Hinson

About Christopher Lane Hinson

A hairy haskell hacker with interests in games, computer science, and social justice.

Composable Blocking Transactions

Posted on 6 June, 2010

Background: Software Transactional Memory (STM) is a foundation for atomic composable non-blocking transactions. An STM transaction consists of a set of variables and a monadic sequence of read/write operations on those variables. As the transaction progresses, a transaction table is … Continue reading →

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Paintable User Interfaces

Posted on 30 November, 2009

It seems like it should be possible to have some kind of GUI library in which user interface elements can be painted onto the screen frame-by-frame, instead of the common practice of assembling an object-oriented hierarchy of widgets. I’m thinking … Continue reading →

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New Roguestar Screenshot: Gateway

Posted on 26 September, 2009

When you are done on a planet, step through a gateway to move to the next one.

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