Self-interest November 2001

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New Version of Cel - Ver. 0.8
by Dru Nelson 16 Nov '01

16 Nov '01

Hi, it's been a while since the last release, so I thought it might be a good time to get the various additions, fixes and changes out. Enjoy and let me know what you think... Nov. 16, 2001 - Release 0.8 Runtime: SYNTAX Added '//' a comment-til-eol delimiter (like many languages) RUNTIME Enhanced performance with use of resolved atoms instead of string matches Added many methods to internal objects (Strings, Floats, Bool, Arrays) Enhanced --trace operations, much more readable Cleaned up initialization Enhanced VM, made several opcodes a single byte without operands BUGS Fixed malloc(), free() collisions with various OS's Fixed crc32 collision with PNG library Worked around glibc profiling limits to enable gmon profiler A few other little bugs SIMPLEDATA Persistence Now handles boolean types KITS Arrays - more methods (perform, select, reject, etc.) DateTime - more methods (today, tomorrow, thisMonth, nextMonth, asSeconds, etc.) CGI - Added server side image map support and the beginings of cookie support GD - NEW Rudimentary support for Boutell's GifDraw library BufferArray - NEW a simple object to handle reading large data sets HTTPClient - Now uses BufferArray to keep memory consumption low HTML - Fixes and new methods Math - NEW adds enhanced math functions Random - NEW adds random number methods OS - more methods (directory handling, signals, GDB support) SleepyCat - more methods (more cursor support, read-only, db delete, range queryies...) SAMPLES/TESTS Array, Bool. Comments, Random, bugTest, BufferArray, dateTest, metaTest, oskit2, etc... BUILD A few enhancements, optimized build works at -O2 Dru Nelson San Mateo, California

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What's going on OpenSelf?
by Sanghyuk F. Suh 16 Nov '01

16 Nov '01

These OpenSelf web sites don't work. http://www.openself.org http://www.linuxsupportline.com/~openself OpenSelf project has been dropped? Sanghyuk,

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Self's evolution?
by Albertina Lourenci 03 Nov '01

03 Nov '01

ACockburn(a)aol.com wrote: Is this Algirdas Julien Greimas? I want to study him in depth Winfried e-mailed me a chapter on him from his Handbook of Semiotics in Portuguese (he is still writing it). So you see I am dividing my time right now between having to read Greimas in depth and Apel's books. The experts concern with separation of concerns (Ossher, Tarr et al) criticize the tyranny of decomposition only in terms of function, rule, procedure, class or object. Likewise Greimas criticizes the theory of the signs. He believes there should be higher reasoning structures above and below the sign (a word). The recent interest in component-programming languages as well as with separation of concerns, aspects etc is an isomorphic concern to Greimas's concern. I will delve deeper into this from now on. Jim Coplien's PhD thesis Multi-paradigm design in essence seems to have the same concerns. And like you Alistair what puzzles me is that he manages to see this in the context of C++! I was delighted to realize this. At first sight in April I thought his was proposing a fusion of rule, logic, procedural paradigms. I have read so many papers about this and I think it was rather disgusting! For me the Self language is the one that fits better within the context of "a semiotic, hermeneutic and autopoietic Machine". I believe we can see it within a multi-paradigm design perspective! It can be embellished with aspects, reflective architectures and the role of design patterns coping with macrocomponents. I am happy that Jim Coplien e-mailed me the following attachment about Metaphor and methonymy in object oriented design patterns and I am happy because it is also written by James Noble, a Self's fan!!! Have afun-filled, creative weekend Albertina > p.s., Also, and I don't have your book in this building with me here, > I enjoyed your description of information at the receiver's end - If I > had the book here I'd mention the name of the person you describe who > has the theory (French name starts with A...?) > This is a topic I separately bring up and develop in my book, > cheers > > Alistair Cockburn > Humans and Technology > > Author of "Agile Software Development" > ---"Surviving Object-Oriented Projects" > ---and the Jolt Productivity Award winning "Writing Effective Use > Cases" > > http://www.crystalmethodologies.org > http://members.aol.com/acockburn > http://www.usecases.org > > alistair.cockburn(a)acm.org > 7691 Dell Rd. > Salt Lake City, UT 84121 > Work Phone: 801.947.9275 > Fax: 775.416.6457 > > "La perfection est atteinte non quand il ne reste rien a ajouter, > mais quand il ne reste rien a enlever." (Saint-Exupery)

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Self-interest November 2001