Python is used heavily in the OLPC software, so you do not need a separate VM for squeak. I attended the US Python Conference (PyCon) and heard a good discussion of OLPC's architecture. Python is used everywhere on the system except for areas like Xorg where speed and existing non-Python code base is available.
Jason DJ Ortley wrote: > You can download squeak and play with it on a Windows box without much > trouble. I did it a while ago, but I didn't personally like it. Then > again, I'm not a 12 year old (no comments about my mental age please, > thank you very much :P ) > > Though, if squeak promises to be an easy to use programming interface > that can be manipulated easily, that might be an interesting sword > frontend regardless. Give the end user the power over what they want > their software to do instead of us programmer types. > > > I'd like to address the 'connected to the internet' thing a bit. I've > been following off and on this project, and while the ad hoc networking > and internet connectivity stuff is big, the machines are designed around > being something a student can take home and work with. > > Go to school, download a couple books from the server or your friends, > go home and read. That seems to be an important part of the design > paradigm. If a student has access to the internet all the time with one > of these, then there's no need to do any work as there are plenty of > servers out there that provide access to the bible on-line (remember, > this thing runs Firefox.) > > I wouldn't be too concerned about governments/humanists not wanting > religious software running on these things. It'll either make its way > onto a machine or not depending on if the owner wants it on there (I DO > NOT suggest we write a bible launching trojan horse/virus for these > things...bad idea..bad bad..) > > My personal thoughts are that, something like OpenDocument type files be > made available of sword modules that can be downloaded. Maybe an output > filter for the OpenDocument format can be created. Then there would be > the benefit of having files that can be read in a variety of programs. > > Of course, the disadvantage to doing that would be that we wouldn't get > to write code... > > -DJ > > > On 4/25/07, *Sean Kennedy* < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > A Squeaky, sneaky Bible application sounds cool. :-) > > On 24/04/07, *Darius Clarke* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > Also, the complete IDE is built into the image. All source code > for the IDE is included in just one other file. The image is > compact since it's just an image of the running memory. The > incremental compiler is built into the VM so you can test it and > change it ... while it's running. > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > <mailto:sword-devel@crosswire.org> > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page > > > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > <mailto:sword-devel@crosswire.org> > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org > http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel > Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page _______________________________________________ sword-devel mailing list: sword-devel@crosswire.org http://www.crosswire.org/mailman/listinfo/sword-devel Instructions to unsubscribe/change your settings at above page