Of course using C libraries is an interesting alternative now
somebody has to do it
written in C = maintain in C
then we end up building walls around us,
I like the idea that I can learn something by reading and putting a
break point in the code.
So if the crypto is working in Squeak I suggest to keep it.
Igor I would not rewrite it.
On May 26, 2009, at 1:04 AM, stepken wrote:
> https, md5, DES, AES .... i really wonder, why you can't decide to
> plugin libcrypt ....?
>
> In C programming language we have all, we can imagine. So why reinvent
> the wheel by rewriting complex code in smalltalk?
>
> Why not including a small webserver in C language as plugin? Code is
> there.
>
> Same with pdf libs - why not using Display PDF in C code with e.g.
> PANGO, like Apple did with Mac OS X?
>
> No, instead of doing so, MORPHIC is still there, based on C-LANG
> blitter
> code.
>
> In Morphic, i noticed long time ago, there existed the possibility to
> print every screen object, writing it directly to file, sending it to
> the printer afterwards.
> It never worked for me, i tried in 3.6, 3.8, 3.9.
>
> Being abble to print contents out of the box in PDF format, the
> successor of PS, really would be nice ...
>
> Dear Squeak, Smalltalk, Pharo - developers - Do you still have the
> overview or are you lost in Smalltalk details?
>
> cheers, Guido Stepken
>
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