Start listing out ideas for different parts of the Quartz system

IDEAS.md

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+* ML-style module system
+* Sum, product types
+* `&` operator to run in parallel

vm/IDEAS.md

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+The Quartz VM:
+-------------
+
+* Probably needs some fancy rock-related name (SiO2, Silicon/Silica, Oxygen, Mineral, Amethyst)
+* Exceptions are first-class
+* Concurrency/parallelism are first-class
+* Message passing is first-class
+* Built-in GC
+* Stack-based probably
+* Doesn't need to be extremely low-level
+* Maybe sessions should mimic classes in JVM bytecode
+  + Top-level export with type signatures
+* Somewhat dynamically typed
+  + When code hops between computers, we need some checks to make sure everything is okay
+  + E.g. if one server goes AWOL, we need dynamic chceks in place to respond
+
+## Ideas:
+
+* OCaml bytecode
+* JVM bytecode
+* BEAM bytecode
+
+## Examples:
+
+```
+session Timer(s)
+  on Start from s
+    let now = std::get_time_ms()
+    on Stop from s
+      let new = std::get_time_ms()
+      s!Took(new - now)
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+session P(q)
+  t = spawn Timer(self)
+  t!Start
+  q!Ping
+  on Pong from q
+    t!Stop
+    on Took(ms)
+      std::print(ms)
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+session Q(p)
+  on Ping from p
+    std::wait(10)
+    p!Pong
+  end
+end
+
+fun main()
+  let p = spawn P(q)
+  and q = spawn Q(p)
+end
+```
+
+```
+session Timer < exists S. [s : S] -> ?s{Start ~> ?s{Stop ~> !s{Took(int) ~> End}}} >:
+  # push s
+  await_msg [0]
+  cmp $Start _nomatch0
+  call_function @std::get_time_ms
+  await_msg [-1]
+  cmp $Stop _nomatch0
+  pop
+  call_function @std::get_time_ms
+  sub
+  send_msg(1) [-1] $Took
+  close
+
+  _nomatch0:
+  close_err "Session Timer received unmatched message from ?S" # Better example would use exceptions
+
+session P < exists Q. (q : Q) -> [t : Timer] -> !t{Start ~> !q{Ping ~> ?q{Pong ~> !t{Stop ~> ?t{Took(int) ~> End}}}}} >:
+  # push q
+  push @self
+  call_constructor_spawn @Timer # Call and push spawn Timer(self)
+  send_msg [0] $Start
+  send_msg [-1] $Ping
+  await_msg [-1]
+  cmp $Pong _nomatch0
+  send_msg [-1] $Stop
+  await_msg(1) [-1]    # Takes an additional arg (goes argN, ..., arg0, msg)
+  cmp $Took _nomatch1
+  pop
+  call_function @std::print
+  close
+
+  _nomatch0:
+  close_err "Session P received unmatched message from Q" # Better example would use exceptions
+
+  _nomatch1:
+  close_err "Session P received unmatched message from Timer" # Better example would use exceptions
+
+session Q < exists P. (p : P) -> ?p{Ping ~> !p{Pong ~> End}} >:
+  # push p
+  await_msg [0]            # Await a message from p
+  cmp $Ping _nomatch0  # Compare last item on stack (the message) to $Ping
+  push 10
+  call_function @std::wait
+  send_msg [-1] $Pong      # Send $Pong to p
+  close
+  
+  _nomatch0:
+  close_err "Session Q received unmatched message from P" # Better example would use exceptions
+
+function main < () -> void >:
+  spawn_empty                    # Push thread p onto stack
+  spawn_empty                    # Push thread q onto stack
+  call_constructor_async @P [-1] # Takes 1 off the stack (q) and runs on thread p
+  swap
+  call_constructor_async @Q [-1] # Takes 1 off the stack (p) and runs on thread q
+```