libCURL binding (was Re: The success of Grants)

John M McIntosh johnmci at smalltalkconsulting.com
Tue Sep 5 22:32:24 UTC 2006


I'll gladly help with the Mac plugin compile once it's a bit further  
along.

On 5-Sep-06, at 3:11 PM, Avi Bryant wrote:

>
> On Sep 4, 2006, at 4:51 AM, danil osipchuk wrote:
>
>> Avi,
>> I'd like to participate in the experiment (not that i believe that  
>> this an easy way to get beer, but i think squeakers should start   
>> doing such kind of stuff :)).
>> So, here is the initial version of the libcurl binding for the  
>> start: http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/5865'
>
> Awesome.  It looks like this blocks the VM for now, right?  It  
> would of course be most-useful to get the non-blocking API  
> working... but in the meantime, where do I send the beer?
>
>> I've compiled it on Windows, I think that it should compile  
>> normally on other platorms (one needs to have a working vwmaker  
>> setup and libcurl and openssl libs&headers installed, obviously).
>> Making it robust and feature-complete will require additional  
>> effort, i may do it myself or give it away to anybody who wishes
>
> Well, to flesh out the experiment: I'll put up a $1500 USD bounty  
> for the finished version (including compiled plugins for Mac/ 
> Windows/Linux).  Danil, if others come forward to help, I nominate  
> you to do the split.
>
> Cheers,
> Avi
>

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