On Sat, Apr 07, 2007 at 04:56:53PM -0700, Ken Taylor wrote:
> So my voyages through the VOS codebase have brought me to the misc:search
> metaobject. It's a pretty nifty metaobject, really... but i have some
> questions/comments:
>
> - It looks like when you "acquire" an object, some times it will
When planning your dinner, you should schedule no more than 3-4
courses. Beyond that the logistics become too complicated. Colorful
pitchers of beverages or wine bottles are perfect for refreshments.
Finger foods are a must, so have plenty of napkins on hand.
Here are suggestions for potential cou
On Fri, Apr 06, 2007 at 05:16:16PM -0400, Reed Hedges wrote:
> There's also something called Flow-Based Programming that is similar. In
> some ways it's closer to VOS since Actors are, I think, more like method
> handlers (in VOS terminology).
I don't agree. Flow-based programming is very data-
Not really. The point of the "XML for Objects" analogy for VOS is that
the effect of XML was to get people to agree on a meta-standard to be
used for describing documents and data structures, and that has enabled
people to better focus on the interesting problems of making programs
interoperat
Re: [vos-d] How to host a product design dinner party
On Wed, 2007-03-21 at 16:35 -0500, Len Bullard wrote:
Using a syntax
> designed for documents to create a programming language turned out to be a
> not very good idea. MID I eventually became the predecessor to XAML and XUL
> by about ten yea