[fonc] Show Us The Code!

2010-12-17 Thread Reuben Thomas
I started reading with interest the October 2010 STEPS Progress Report, then as soon as I got to the first screenshot, was overcome by a familiar feeling of depression: I strongly suspected, and quickly confirmed, that there was no code I could try. We've been over this ground in the past, and

Re: [fonc] Show Us The Code!

2010-12-17 Thread Oleksandr Nikitin
?Can't agree more with Thomas. For most of the programmers out there, the best way to 'get in touch' with the project is to see the actual guts; leave the shiny presentations for sponsors and marketing people ;-) For example, the OMeta release was hugely successful - I find more and more

Re: [fonc] Show Us The Code!

2010-12-17 Thread Ken Ritchie
http://www.20thingsilearned.com/open-source/1 Cheers, --Ken Ritchie (Atlanta) ;-) On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 8:13 AM, Oleksandr Nikitin wizza...@gmail.comwrote: ?Can't agree more with Thomas. For most of the programmers out there, the best way to 'get in touch' with the project is to see the

Re: [fonc] Show Us The Code!

2010-12-17 Thread Ken Ritchie
I enjoy *both* the writings and the code. Bring it *all* on! And the active essays are a great way to integrate them. Why? [Writings] share vision, intent, possibilities, analysis, and background stories. [Codings] implement specific realizations and demonstrations of dynamic concepts. I am

Re: [fonc] Show Us The Code!

2010-12-17 Thread Mark Haniford
Year and years have passed by. There's something else going on here. I'll keep my speculations to myself. On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 10:40 PM, Julian Leviston jul...@leviston.net wrote: Usually, when I'm working on a development of any kind, I don't release my half-baked ideas. This has a

Re: [fonc] Show Us The Code!

2010-12-17 Thread Julian Leviston
No way dude... they've release most of what they've been working on... J On 18/12/2010, at 3:53 PM, Mark Haniford wrote: Year and years have passed by. There's something else going on here. I'll keep my speculations to myself. On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 10:40 PM, Julian Leviston

Re: [fonc] Show Us The Code!

2010-12-17 Thread Casey Ransberger
They're bootstrapping a whole platform. It's an experimental platform. This stuff takes time and sometimes there can get to be too many cooks in the kitchen if you aren't careful. I didn't mean to start up a gimme-the-bits thread: mea culpa. self break.