On 19.11.2012, at 21:26, Igor Stasenko <[email protected]> wrote: > On 19 November 2012 17:17, Max Leske <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi everyone. >> >> I want to announce the first (and *very* basic) version of Limbo. >> Limbo is a simple wrapper around NativeBoost that lets you run commands on >> the shell (via sh) or directly (no shell expansion). >> > > why you need to wrap around NativeBoost? perhaps a more correct > phrasing would be 'using nativeboost'?
True. I chose "wrapper" with the idea that the NativeBoost part is hidden from the user. The user does not need to know how to use NativeBoost. > >> To use Limbo you will need the NBCog VM and install NativeBoost into your >> image (with "NBInstaller install"). You will also need to build the shared >> library from the archive attached to this e-mail and put it into the >> "Plugins" directory of the VM (instructions inside the archive). I also >> attached the xcode project. >> >> The Limbo repo: >> >> MCGemstoneRepository >> location: 'http://ss3.gemstone.com/ss/Limbo' >> user: '' >> password: '' >> >> I am *not* an experienced C coder so there might be some horrible stuff in >> the box. If you have any suggestions / requests / bug reports or would like >> to contribute, let me know. >> >> Disclaimer: >> NativeBoost uses direct memory access. I have written Limbo to the best of >> my memory layout knowledge (I'm quite a n00b there) but cannot and will not >> guarantee that you might not experience memory leaks or VM crashes (or any >> type of crash for that matter). This is just a warning, I haven't had any >> troubles at all with Limbo so far. >> > > Hmm.. what is the C part for? The whole idea of using NativeBoost is > to avoid writing a single line of C code. Because if you cannot avoid > that, writing a VM plugin turns to be more preferable. > But i didn't saw your code yet, so just commenting what on surface :) Very well possible that I got something wrong :) Anyway, I figured that it would be easier for me to write C than NativeBoost. Also, I use pipe / fork / execute, not sure how I would have done that in NativeBoost (although it's probably possible) :) > >> >> Cheers, >> Max >> > > -- > Best regards, > Igor Stasenko. >
