Thanks for the lowdown Mark! It's a pity OSA didn't take off - I remember
having some success with coding JavaScript, AppleScript, and event tried but
failed some python I think all within Rev IDE (back when we had MetaCard),
its just that the incentives were not there for the language communities
David-
Wednesday, May 9, 2007, 8:21:09 AM, you wrote:
> A question about "writing a transcript compiler for DLR"? What does this
> involve - starting from scratch in C# or if you were RunRev and already
> presumably had some code basis for a compiler would you be able to use that
> directly - I g
Thanks Mark. In general you seem to be supporting the potential of this
path? It seems at this stage more promising than other stabs at this no -
say Open Scripting Architecture (OSA), and yes it means a lot more than just
a browser plugin - though i guess this would get most peoples attention
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David-
I was part of a DLR roundtable discussion at CommunityOne day at
JavaOne yesterday, so I think I can speak to this from the bleeding
edge. A few points to consider:
1. The DLR is alpha. I'm bullish on it, and it's very promising, but
there are quite a few rough edges and things that just a