Streaming protocol and NC

[Bill Walsh]

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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