On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 14:14:50 -0700, tim Rowledge <tim at rowledge.org> wrote:

> Don't know the answer to that one; I was under the impression that Cairo  
> was 'just' graphics but I haven't really researched it per se. Given

It's vector graphics, though you can build a UI with it. I (incorrectly)  
thought it mapped to native tools.

> The real point though is simply that we can do something *different*  
> when we have tools that allow us to start from almost-scratch whilst  
> still having an existing system to build the new code in. Spoon can  
> provide a way to develop a chunk of code in an image with all the tools  
> we're currently used to, save it out as a spoonful and have the 'new '  
> image be spoon-fed the package. It's like cross-development without so  
> much cross :-)

I think that sounds great. But don't we need Spoon first?<s>

I also think that such a project would be an excellent opportunity to show  
the usefulness of traits.

	===Blake===