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
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
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-
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 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
