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2004-07-24 16:22:24 UTC
Is there anything implemented in Blackbox for data acquisition or
signal processing? I assume that a killer application, like an
alternative to Labview/Agilent VEE, would boost its popularity.
--- [snip ]---signal processing? I assume that a killer application, like an
alternative to Labview/Agilent VEE, would boost its popularity.
The native Oberon-systems
are really interesting (BlueBottle), since e.g. they
need no distinction between user- and kernel-space etc.
But not everyone is going to boot into Oberon to use e.g.
an instant messenger ;-)
My normal OS is native oberon which is up continually.
Some times I need to 'boot into' Linux to eg. view *.pdf
which is done on another box.
Usually users do not care what
language their applications are written in. It seems to me
that it is more important how useful they are, how much
memory they need, speed matters and of course reliability
and stability.
That's really what it's about.language their applications are written in. It seems to me
that it is more important how useful they are, how much
memory they need, speed matters and of course reliability
and stability.
IMO n-o's addicting attribute is the interface - mouse cording
with the text-frame-design.
Although this has no direct link to the oberon syntax; my theory
is that Wirth's influence facilitated the evolution of this powerful I/O.
Yesterday I needed to extract some 250 lines off of the public
library CD to a fd0 to bring to my n-o box.
What an awkward turkey M$win is compared to n-o !
From what I have read Oberon claims to be a safe
language, it's implementations have modest memory requirements
and decent code quality. So it ought to be perfect!?
--- [snip ]---
Ciao,
Dominic
P.S. Still wondering, if anyone is using Oberon besides Niklaus Wirth...
7 days a week; typically 3 times a day on line for 5 minutes:language, it's implementations have modest memory requirements
and decent code quality. So it ought to be perfect!?
--- [snip ]---
Ciao,
Dominic
P.S. Still wondering, if anyone is using Oberon besides Niklaus Wirth...
6 emails [most http fetched by email] + 8 news articles per session.
One of the many differences of n-o [as noted, I suspect the radical
improvement from convention was from Wirth's "work from first
principles, rather than just copy 'how ist is usually done' " ability]
is that net-fetched-stuff is not by default to a file.
'The deliveries go on the work bench instead of to the store'.
So the text frames are stacked, and you don't want to power down
ever. Like in hardware: when you've got a 10 meter long work-bench
[movable, or your chair on wheels] and you have typically 8 projects
open at a time - eg. waiting for parts to arrive. Typically a project
may be on the work-bench for 10 days before it's completed and
sent to the store. To acheive the potential productivety, you can't
be re-booting like M$ !
== Chris Glur.