Self-interest March 2006

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[Announce] Zero v3.0 released
by J. Baltasar Garcia Perez-Schofield 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

Hi, there ! This is to announce a new version of the Zero programming system: http://trevinca.ei.uvigo.es/~jgarcia/TO/zero/ Zero is composed by a virtual machine (zvm), an assembler (za), a disassembler (zd), a macroassembler (zm), and not until recently, a high-level programming language called prowl. Zero (zvm) is a persistent, prototype-based, pure object-oriented virtual machine, like Self is. This is the first time that a high-level programming language is available for Zero. Prowl is a language similar to the macroassembler in the way that objects are defined but near to C++-style syntax inside the body of methods. This is also the first time that Zero supports true orthogonal persistence, i.e. not in the style that Self does, but supporting a true persistent store. Objects are stored in containers, which are actually zbj (Zero bytecode) files organised in directories. There is also a Visual Zero enviroment which lets the user interact with objects as it was done in the visual environment with Self, supporting structural reflection a la SmallTalk. Installing Zero is a matter of unpacking a few zip files in a new folder (no matter where it is). Uninstalling it is a matter of deleting the created folder an all its contents. Zero is multiplatform programming system, being available for Windows and Linux. However, only the dynamic-linked executables are available for linux, so you will need the exact libstdc++ present in your system. Unfortunately, Visual Zero is only available in Windows right now. You can find tutorials about the use of Visual Zero, and more documentation in the Zero's web page, commented above. Salud ! Baltasar -- -- PBC -- J. Baltasar García Perez-Schofield jbgarcia en uvigo de es http://webs.uvigo.es/jbgarcia/ Dep. Informática, Universidad de Vigo, España (Spain)

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Self in Windows (was: three buttons)
by Jecel Assumpcao Jr 22 Mar '06

22 Mar '06

This is just a quick note to the list to mention that Nikola Stojanovic reports that after following the instructions at http://gliebe.de/self/download.html he was able to run Self on a Windows PC. Since his mouse only had two buttons, he had to figure out to patch "startx" to add the "emulate3buttons" option. The person who pointed him to the instructions also had Self running in Windows, so my impression that this wasn't working properly was obviously wrong. -- Jecel

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self presentation at dynamic languages meeting
by Steve Dekorte 09 Mar '06

09 Mar '06

http://prog.vub.ac.be/events/2005/BADL/DLD/movies/self.mov other talks: http://prog.vub.ac.be/events/2005/BADL/DLD/movies/ -- Steve

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Self for PPC on Rosetta?
by Keith Braithwaite 02 Mar '06

02 Mar '06

Folks, Some years ago I bought a SparcServer 20 off eBay to have a machine that would run Self at full speed, and then later I rejoyced that the Power version of the VM got updated and so my PowerBooks could be speedy Self platforms---so much more convenient than hauling the SS20 around! But now Mr Jobs has made it so that I can't buy a new Power laptop when the time comes to next upgrade. Might not be able to buy a (consumer) Power desktop soon, either. So, two questions: does anyone know how well the Power version of Self runs on an Intel Mac, and would there be any point returning to the second-hand market at some future time to buy a small RS6000 and trying to host Self on that? Keith

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Self-interest March 2006