On 10/31/06, Bob Ippolito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 10/31/06, Jason Bunting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 10/31/06, Bob Ippolito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Finite state machines don't really have much to do with the language > > > you're implementing them in. It's just a concept. > > > > I understand that... > > > > > You might find some inspiration from Python FSM implementations, > > > but it's pretty trivial to write one and there's a lot of different > > > and equally good ways to do it. It depends on the situation. > > > > I guess I was simply wondering if someone had created any sort of helper > > framework of sorts for doing it in JavaScript to save me some time - > they > > have similar types of components for C#, for example, that facilitate > their > > implementation; maybe I am smoking crack... > > Probably smoking crack. FSMs are so trivial that using a framework for > them in a dynamic language would be pretty silly. It makes sense in > something like C# or Java where you have to do all of that delegate > garbage because functions aren't first class. > > A popular meme these days is that "patterns" are just workarounds for > limitations in the programming language. C# and Java have a lot of > patterns. JavaScript (Python, Ruby, etc.) can of course do all of the > same things, but you don't normally call one or two lines of code a > "pattern".
Okay, thanks - I actually found someone that mentions a 'framework' that they developed for facilitating FSMs with JavaScript (http://www.zedshaw.com/projects/cookbooxul/), but I think I will just take a stab at it myself then. Gotta get back to my crack pipe now . . . ;) Jason -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.409 / Virus Database: 268.13.21/509 - Release Date: 10/31/2006 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MochiKit" group. To post to this group, send email to mochikit@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mochikit -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
