[squeak-dev] Re: Did Alice wander?

Andreas Raab andreas.raab at gmx.de
Tue Jul 21 17:46:15 UTC 2009


Gary Dunn wrote:
> I was reading about SqueakMap and came across the Swiki page for Alice
> 
> http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/1861

The Wiki is extremely outdated.

> Is anyone actively using Alice in Squeak?

I do work on some aspects from time to time. The most recent work can be 
found here: http://squeaksource.com/Balloon3D.html

Cheers,
   - Andreas

>     - The page was last edited in 2004
> 
>     - The first link is dead
> 
>     - The second link goes to the new, improved Sun sponsored all Java
> version of Alice, which appears to be healthy
> 
>     - The third link downloads a Ph.D. dissertation from 1997
> 
>     - After the outdated info is a rant on the shortcomings of OpenGL.
> It just starts up, mid stream, "There is a serious design flaw in the
> lighting or rather the shading." This should be removed.
> 
>     - A search on the Swiki for Alice includes a page on Falice which
> links to www.falice.com which is a parked domain.
> 
> Last but not least, when I try to load "FullImageProjectAlice" I get
> errors. Very likely I am doing something wrong.
> 
> Is this worth pursuing, or has Alice in Squeakland wandered off?
> 




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