Apologies for the off-topic question, but does anyone know if the actual bits
for Sketchpad are still extant somewhere? Is there any documentation that
anyone has for the Lincoln TX-2? It'd sure be neat to emulate it.
Someone was asking me about object oriented programming with a head full of
On Jun 19, 2010, at 6:28 PM, Jecel Assumpcao Jr. je...@merlintec.com wrote:
I had no idea that HyperCard ever ran on machines other than the classic
Mac.
http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Apple_II/
HyperCard and the operating
Thanks for the encouragement. I agree that this article skims the
surface of a number of deeper issues. That's been part of my
challenge in blogging. I want to pack too much into each article.
Friends have been advising me to publish shorter pieces more
frequently. The result is that I have to
Hi David,
I've actually read quite a bit of your actor-related material and I'm
aware of your criticisms. I respect the fact that your opinion has
grown out of experience, rather than just thought-experiments.
However, my own experimentation has led me to different conclusions.
To be clear, the
Your article of 2010 May shows you reinventing actors-model queues
within actors-model to perform what should be trivial composition
tasks in a reasonable programming model. If that isn't already
ankle-deep in a Turing tarpit, what is it? a Turing peat bog? How much
will these intermediate queues
