From: Jamis Buck <jamis_buck@...>
Date: 2004-11-29T23:06:10+09:00
Subject: Re: [ann] cros-0.1 prerelease

Simon Strandgaard wrote:
> [snip]
> 
>>>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.
> 

Ah, thanks. :) Sounds slick!

- Jamis

>  
> 
>>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...
> 
> 
> :-)
> 
> --
> Simon Strandgaard
> 
> 
> 


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