> One thing jumped off the page: the intersection of OpenGL, Sig and > NativeBoost. It says "done on Windows" which I *hope* means that Linux and > Mac are planned???
I will let you guess. > Being able to embed 3D worlds in "normal" desktop software would be huge > (virtual reality/visualization, simulation, etc.). > Question: does this suggest that NativeBoost should advance in the FFI > roadmap? AFAIK, I do not care whether FFI, Alien or NativeBoost becomes the > first complete FFI solution for us. I mostly want to see callbacks and some > level of multi-threading. It would be nice if existing FFI method > definitions continued to work, but that's negotiable. The idea is that we would like in january to have one ffi fully working (callback, threaded...…..) > On threads, the most important objective is to be able to call into a library > without blocking the entire image. If callbacks are not possible from such a > function, I could learn to live with that - it's more than we have now. If > allowed, I would expect that callbacks would be limited to the calling > Process in some way. One could/should use queues, semaphores or deferred > actions to make things felt in the UI. > > Bill > > > > ________________________________________ > From: [email protected] > [[email protected]] on behalf of Stéphane Ducasse > [[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 4:54 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] Slides Pharo talk Smalltalks > > I should release my annotated version because it explains the vision behind > each item… > > Should fish it. > > On Nov 8, 2011, at 8:35 PM, Sven Van Caekenberghe wrote: > >> >> On 08 Nov 2011, at 18:25, Marcus Denker wrote: >> >>> Here are the Slides of the Pharo talk at Smalltalks2011: >>> >>> PDF: >>> http://www.marcusdenker.de/talks/11Smalltalks/2011-Smalltalks-Denker-Pharo.pdf >>> SlideShare: http://www.slideshare.net/MarcusDenker/pharo-one-year-later >>> >>> All talks where filmed, so there will be a video later at >>> http://www.fast.org.ar/smalltalks2011 >> >> Beautiful and cool slides, as always, Marcus. >> >> Yes the Pharo community did a lot of work this passed year, and the future >> looks really exciting ! >> >> It feels good to be part of this. >> >> Thx for sharing. >> >> Sven >> >> >> >> > > >
