at the temporal coordinates: 1/24/02 11:00 AM, the entity known as Gerstein,
Sam at Sam.Gerstein_at_StreamServe.com conveyed the following:
>
> It's true, they are in ROM, but given the nifty way NewtonScript works, it's
> possible to modify the behavior of objects in ROM (I don't know if fonts can
> be changed in this way). This works because the 'object' (NewtonScript
> calls them 'frames') that's actually used by running software is in RAM and
> points to the one in ROM. It's normally empty, so all references to members
> are forwarded to the ROM version, but any changes made to the frame in RAM
> override the original. (I'm fairly certain this is all correct, but I'm not
> an expert NewtonScript developer, so if I've got something wrong here,
> please correct me!)
>
Cool! I've *got* to take up NewtonScript! (In my copious amount of spare
time... ;-) )
- Eric.
--Eric Strobel (fyzycyst_at_NOSPAM^mailaps.org)
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