From: Gavin Kistner <gavin@...>
Date: 2004-09-24T00:53:36+09:00
Subject: Re: Design Advice: Sub-Class 'Instances'

On Sep 23, 2004, at 9:19 AM, Hal Fulton wrote:
> I have a similar project which I outlined and began to code, but I ran
> out of steam when I had problems debugging my X10 code.
>
> See http://rubyhacker.com/domo.html
>
> Let's see if we can develop some synergy or just plain merge these 
> projects.

Sweet. I'll probably run out of steam myself at some point, but so far 
I'm optimistic. My project differs from yours significantly in the 
answer to this question (for your site):

"So are you completely reinventing the wheel?"

Yes. Yes I am. :)

I realize this going into it, but (while I'll surely be hitting this 
list again and again for bits of advice and help) I want to write this 
on my own. (At least until it comes to the part of writing adaptors for 
every bit of hardware out there.)

I hope you won't take any offense, Hal; it's nothing personal about you 
or your project, but I want to be pig-headed and write all this from 
scratch. For the fun, the ownership, and the experience.

Which is also why I'm writing my own 'plugin' system. I could probably 
save some time and idiot-mistakes by investigating another 
well-thought-out solution like FreeRIDE, but a) like so many fools, I 
loathe doing prior-work research, and b) I hope that my solution will 
be incredibly clean, particularly because it is perfectly-tailored to 
my needs.


Thanks very much for the offer, and I may try and pick your brain later 
and/or dump the whole pigheaded approach altogether, but for now I'm 
walking the path on my own.


Now, if you could all just lift me up off the ground and point me in 
the write direction, perhaps with a shove or two... ;)


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