From: Simon Strandgaard <neoneye@...>
Date: 2004-11-29T16:20:53+09:00
Subject: Re: [ann] cros-0.1 prerelease

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> > This is an Operator Stacking system, heavily inspired by
> > a RAD tool for composing demoes, named Werkkzeug:
> > http://www.theprodukkt.com/werkkzeug1.html
> 
> But... what *is* it? Sorry if I'm being dense... You have a lot of
> tempting statements here (and below), but I'm not very clear on what
> this is supposed to actually *do*. :)

Its a producer/consumer system, where each operator read in some data,
manipulate the data and pass it further to the next operator.
Self-dependencies are not possible to create when you represent it with a grid.
The data can be graphics, sound, numbers, strings.. anything.

 
> Is it like the Werkkzeug product you linked to, which appears to be a
> tool for creating demos? (Doesn't say what *kind* of demos, though...so
> I'm still pretty in the dark...)

To the big computer parties there are usually competitions on who can make the
best usage of 64kbytes, some people have mastered to both have 3d engine and
sound system. There are many categories: 256bytes, 1kbyte, 4kbyte,
40kbytes, 64kbytes.
There are also big demoes where size is unlimitted, but these are not
that amazing.
A good place to see how much people have accomplished with 64kbytes:
http://pouet.net/prod.php?which=1221

 
> Thanks, and sorry if this is obviously self-explanatory and I'm just
> missing it...

:-)

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Simon Strandgaard