Hi! 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?
It is all about "open source itches". The crypto guys wanted to implement crypto techniques, not typically because they wanted to *use* them but probably because they wanted to *implement* them. > Why not including a small webserver in C language as plugin? Code is there. In that particular case I would rather favor say SimpleCGI: http://map.squeak.org/packagebyname/blackfoot It already works but of course would need a little bit of love for industrial strength integration with Seaside. It all comes down to *time*. Do you have time to spare? :) > Same with pdf libs - why not using Display PDF in C code with e.g. > PANGO, like Apple did with Mac OS X? More and more external libs are hooked up to Squeak, generally speaking. At the same time - Squeak runs bit identical in a magnitude of platforms and each time you depend on an external lib you end up depending on *its* portability. > No, instead of doing so, MORPHIC is still there, based on C-LANG blitter > code. Morphic is what it is. But it works and it serves a UI base that all Squeaks can share. It is not easily replaced over night with something else. There is an insight here that it can take years to gain: The Squeak environment (tools, Morphic etc) that we "live in" or work in or whatever - it needs to be comfortable enough to suit a large percentage of Squeakers. If it is not - people don't "live there" and if they don't live there noone will help out improving it. Thus, it is very hard to replace Morphic because you need something that works almost equally well (=comfortable enough) in order to gain a population in your new UI. If you do not gain a population - you do not get any help in evolving it, and you fail because it takes lots of man power. This effect has been seen over and over, and over. :) > Dear Squeak, Smalltalk, Pharo - developers - Do you still have the > overview or are you lost in Smalltalk details? Good question of course, we all try our best. Also, note that we all have different goals. regards, Göran _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
