[XPS-announce] XPS Update
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From: Reid S. <re...@re...> - 2003-02-10 21:51:25
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XPS Folks,
Several things have happened over the last month of general interest
that I thought you'd like to know about.
* Web Site. The main web site at
http://extprosys.sourceforge.net/ (also available at
http://x10sible.org/) has been completely revised and
reorganized. It now uses a simple PHP theme and contains more
sections. Of particular note is a complete release plan for
XPS through version 1.0, access to project status and news,
and sections for descriptions of the architecture and
components of XPS.
* Formation of XSI. I have recently incorporated a company named
eXtensible Systems, Inc. to foster the development of XPS. The
company will seek investment capital to speed XPS development
and will offer commercial services and products based on XPS.
The XSI web site is not complete, but you can preview it at
http://www.x10sys.com/ ).
* SaveSomeGeeks.com. Inspired by the success of
www.savekaryn.com, I decided to see if XPS could benefit from
donations by Internet users. I don't know if this experiment
will go anywhere, but you can read my e-panhandling attempt at
http://savesomegeeks.com/. All net proceeds will go directly
to funding XPS development work. Help me promote this site
and it might just turn into some contract $ for XPS
developers.
* Architecture Changes. I've changed the architecture slightly
to include a general services daemon (XPSD) separate from the
XVM. The XPSD will provide software development services to
XPS developers. I have also renamed XVMSH as XPSH to more
accurately reflect its character as an interface into the
entire XPS system rather than just the XVM. I've also started
to document some of the extensions to XPS that we will tackle
early: User Interface, Virtual Reality Programming, Database
Interface, and Logic Programming.
* ADT Design. I have started an Abstract Data Types library to
provide the basic ADTs needed by XPS that are compatible with
its memory system. This includes things like lists, stacks,
queues, maps, hash tables, etc. I have a number of design
issues with this module and could really use some help
rationalizing it. Anyone interested in this area, please
contact me soon as this is what I'm working next. Its needed
to support the compiler's symbol table which is holding up
release 0.2.0.
That's it for now. I would appreciate your feedback on the websites and
other plans.
Best Regards,
Reid.
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