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<div>Henrik Gedenryd <Henrik.Gedenryd@lucs.lu.se> wrote...</div>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>I am hoping that Dan posts his recent
thoughts about what goals we would<br>
want to focus on, I liked what he proposed. Having established,
clear,</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>shared goals in mind is crucial and very
helpful.</blockquote>
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<div>I'm about to go to sleep, but here's a copy of the proposal to
which Henrik refers. I send it along not because I think it is
great, but just to focus discussion.</div>
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<div>At the risk of repeating myself, here are what I see as natural
next steps:</div>
<div><br>
1. Clarify the name space / module distinction, if Henrik's
latest message hasn't done this already. This is for our
internal discussion.<br>
<br>
2. Use the system to outload a couple of big packages such
as<br>
<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>VM
Construction<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Newtork apps (Celeste, Scamper, Chat and HTML)<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Wonderland and 3D<br>
<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>... and confirm
that everything works if you bring them in again.<br>
<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>This would be a
big step toward effective shrinking and<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>would probably get people excited.<br>
<br>
3. Use the system to inload a couple of big packages such as<br>
<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Refactoring Browser<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Connectors<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Thinglab and/or
Cassowary<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Mathmorphs</div>
<div><x-tab>
</x-tab>ModSqueak</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><x-tab> </x-tab>These
would be modules serving the community.</div>
<div><br>
4. Document the anticipated steps to compact files and fast
loading with image segments.<br>
<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Should get people
enthusiastic about 4x compression,</div>
<div><x-tab> </x-tab>and 10x
speed-up.</div>
<div><x-tab> </x-tab>[for
those interested, compact files is an idea I</div>
<div><x-tab> </x-tab>have
for browsing direct from gzipped files]</div>
<div><br>
5. Arrive at a preliminary design for projects as components.
In other words,<br>
<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Start from a URL<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Determine
prerequisites<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Load them if necessary<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Load the content<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Be able to
run it (duh)<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Be able to unload it and be "clean"
afterward.<br>
<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>This is for our internal discussion, but I would
like<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>to try it out ASAP.<br>
<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Here is a simple
benchmark:<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>My KidsRefrigeratorMagnets
which requires Ned's RMs,<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>which requires Ned's Connectors.
Delivered in a world<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>and ready to play.<br>
<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Here is a complicated
one:<br>
<x-tab> </x-tab>Drive a Car in a world
and ready to play, and...</div>
<div><x-tab> </x-tab>Will
automatically bring in all of EToys if not there.<br>
</div>
<div>I figured I would write up some of this in a coherent manner,
with Henrik's help in the next couple of days as a sort of
"Here's where we are heading between now and OOPSLA"
message.</div>
<div><br></div>
<div><x-tab> </x-tab>-
Dan</div>
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