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I’ve been watching this project with much interest, though I haven’t yet had the time to play around with it myself. A capability-style system layer for Linux i
by ryukafalz 4y ago
I’ve been watching this project with much interest, though I haven’t yet had the time to play around with it myself. A capability-style system layer for Linux is very exciting!
(The phone side of things is exciting too, though as much as I like Smalltalk I wonder if Squeak is entirely up to the task of hosting a phone UI.)
Still need to dive further into the syndicated actor model side of things though; I think I have use cases for it but don’t entirely grok it yet.
- tonyg 4y agoAs part of working on synit, I've managed to write up some of the core Syndicated ideas a bit better: - An essay on what the Syndicated Actor Model is: https://synit.org/book/syndicated-actor-model.html https://synit.org/book/syndicated-actor-model.html - A big ol' glossary of relevant concepts: https://synit.org/book/glossary.html https://synit.org/book/glossary.html - A protocol spec for interoperation among Syndicated programs: https://synit.org/book/protocol.html https://synit.org/book/protocol.html Maybe some of these will be of use to you. I'm also happy to answer questions if you have any!
- tonyg 4y agoIncidentally, I'm not sure about Squeak as the main user-facing bit, either. I love the idea of having a handheld, battery-powered, internet connected Smalltalk machine; but Squeak's UI is currently very desktop-focussed, and single-host-window-focussed, at that. (I'm working on that latter elsewhere [1].) Squeak's flexibility means it doesn't have to stay that way, and experimenting with alternatives is easy, making it maybe a good environment to prototype alternative phone UIs. Whichever way you slice it, it's a lot of work, of course. [1] https://squeaksource.com/X11.html https://squeaksource.com/X11.html