Message passing with spoon (was Re: RemoteObjects,
which version?)
Diman Todorov
diman.todorov at chello.at
Sat Apr 21 09:45:48 UTC 2007
On 20.04.2007, at 20:29, J J wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am looking at doing a big Erlang project, but I want to do all
> the GUI stuff in Smalltalk/Squeak. I want the system to be
> reflective as well, so the best is if Squeak can talk directly to
> Erlang via Erlang's own message passing style.
>
> Can Spoon help with this, or is it expecting Smalltalk objects to
> be on the other side?
>
> And once I can send and receive the messages in Squeak then the
> question comes up about 'why not just do it all in Squeak?'. The
> only two things I can think of are: (1) speed and (2) Erlang makes
> sure you don't try to modify state (since there are potentially
> thousands of threads and no locking mechanisms), while in Squeak it
> would have to be discipline.
this sounds like a very interesting project. What kind of project is
it? Do you have any references suitable for the public?
cheers
Diman
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