Hi Squatters,
The "impatient" demo is a sight for sore eyes. I can visualise your objective now. The principle is so beautifully simple. I hope this returns a greater interest in MVC again: As for myself, I'm more interested in production engineering applications, numerical tool and process control. If Squat is actually what I think it is i.e. the NC, then I think Java is in for a real scare. So far Java has failed to deliver the promised NC. I am also worried, that the (class) obesity which besets all Smalltalk dialects and Java too will continue in Squat. Consistent thin-client software requires minimising junk (food) instructions. I think the principle is called RISC. It is not the fault of Smalltalk, merely a lazy programmer attitude to application design. The advantages of JIT or Late-binding are lost if database designs are bad. I intend to use Prolog to fix that problem. This guy did it PicoVerse : " ..it did take 3 years. But at the end the system just stopped growing." I don't agree with his ideas, just his use of Prolog to minimise bloat. Please may I ask that the port of Mike Teng's Prolog/V (Smalltalk/V) be included. I would like to talk with Meta-Squatters. Is there such a list? Perhaps OpenAugment SRI Project No. 3578 ? (I know it is a distraction mixing theory (meta) with practice (physics).)
Regards Oz
"don't keep bloat afloat".
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