Learning diary › Year 2025 › May, 2025 › 2025-05-18 [2025-05-18]

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#apl #compiler #game #gpu #os #physics #quantum #shader #zig
- found Algorithms by Jeff Erickson (2019)
- Comparing parallel functional array languages: Programming and performance[van2025comparing]
    - learned that APL can run on GPU via Dyalog, the paper even discussed a flash attention implementation
    - BQN doesn't seem to run on GPU
    - it might be interesting to use arrayfire C API, even on Mac
    - prefer tilelang to DaCe
- found A JavaScript library for building parsers, interpreters, compilers, and more
- Layers All The Way Down: The Untold Story of Shader Compilation
    - introduces the motivation behind MojoShader, from Direct3D HLSL bytecode or assembly source to other shader languages
- found Mystical, a programming language that resembled magical circles
- Bare Metal Zig (2023)
- Google Scholar is manipulatable
- found Path Integrals in Quantum Mechanics, Statistics, Polymer Physics, and Financial Markets by Hagen Kleinert