Re: [NTLK] I'm back :-)

From: Eckhart Köppen (eck1001_at_gmx.net)
Date: Tue Jul 08 2003 - 22:03:17 PDT


On Tue, 08 Jul 2003 10:33:37 +0200, Filip Zawadiak wrote:
> After 5 years I'm back :-)

This is really great, welcome back! It seems that the Newton hacking
community has grown recently, with you and Jim Witte (re-)joining, very
nice!

> I never used MP2100
> debugging images, but if they have more symbols than what I had for
> MP130 it could greatly help.

I'm sure of that. I haven't used MP120/130s very much for hacking, but
the 2x00 is much much nicer.

> I write all new tools in Ruby, as it's much faster and helps concentrate
> on problem not implementation.

I found Lua quite nice since it is at least syntactically close to
NewtonScript.

> I also have my old NewtObjects library, written in C++, which exposes
> C++ API for Newton Object System resembling that of real Newtons. It's
> not finished, and some thing need HUGE corrections (GC!!!)

Might the Boehm-Demers-Weiser GC help? I tried it once and it was
pretty much a no-brainer to add to existing programs.

> Hopefully, someday I'll integrate package decoders, store decoders and
> object library. That would give solid foundations for building
> Newton-like software environment.

Any chance of having writing capabilities from a desktop? That would
ease installation and data transfer to the Newton significantly...

Good to see you back,

Eckhart

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