Interesting developments happening with impromptu ->
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Hi everyone, happy new year!
In late December I sent the email below, which briefly outlined the possibility
of a new open-source and cross-platform project. After some solid hacking in
January I'm pleased to let those who are interested know that I have made a
*start* on this project which is located here:
https://github.com/digego/extempore
The new projects name is Extempore (as a nod to Impromptu). Extempore has its
own google group and any future discussion relating to Extempore should be
addressed to that group (i.e. not to the Impromptu list).
http://groups.google.com/group/extemporelang
If you're interested in the Extempore project you should join this group.
Extempore has a BSD style licence and currently builds on both OSX and Linux.
Finally I would like to make it absolutely clear that I will be continuing to
develop Impromptu as a closed source (but free as in beer) OSX only platform.
I wish for both projects a happy and continuing growth!
Cheers,
Andrew.
On 23/12/2010, at 6:09 PM, Andrew Sorensen wrote:
> OK, so I was hoping to delay this discussion but Garett has forced my hand.
>
> It is unlikely at this stage that Impromptu will be open-sourced. The
> codebase is to large, and would require a huge effort to clean to a level
> that I was happy releasing publicly - or privately for that matter!
> Additionally, I cannot see anyway for Impromptu to be ported at present.
> Again the system is to big and is tied in many ways to the OSX platform. Any
> port would necessarily have to substantially compromise the overall behaviour
> of the system.
>
> However, a scenario that is considerably more likely is that a new project be
> commenced. The new project would be initiated with a working repository
> taken from Impromptu and expand from there. This initial code base would
> take Impromptu's core runtime infrastructure and be cross-platform from day
> one. Additionally the project would be open-source from day one. This means
> that I would only need to clean and port a minimal, but core, subset of
> Impromptu. Then others could get involved to help grow the project from
> there.
>
> This scenario is much more likely to happen but I cannot give a time frame at
> present. In particular it will depend on what happens to me job-wise and
> phd-wise over the next 6 months. I would be more than happy to except offers
> of help to get this new project up and running.
>
> Impromptu would of course remain as an extant and ongoing OSX only,
> closed-source project, but I imagine that any new project would probably grow
> to replace it over time.
>
> I've been thinking about this for some time but was holding off on this
> discussion with the list until I had some firm plans. However, now that the
> cat's out of the bag I am very interested in feedback.
>
> Cheers,
> Andrew.
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