Re: [BLACKBOX] [LabView vs. BlackBox [BLACKBOX]

From: [at]} <Wojtek>
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 14:55:33 -0500

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>> BlackBox has been created by the community and therefore
>> it reflects our needs.

I stand corrected. What I should have said is that BB was initially
created by the ETHZ spinoff, but for many years the support has been taken
over by the community. The CPC extensions originated in the community, and
these extensions reflect our needs.

> Those secrets are to be communicated in whisper, with eyes wide open etc.

Another such secret is that in the original Java white paper I saw a
reference to Oberon System 3. But such references disappeared later on.

> Project Oberon is being revised too.

Project Oberon describes an operating system and the compiler for a
computer which is not in active use anymore. What does "being revised"
mean? Is Project Oberon being ported to some modern architecture?

> Another scientific lab has adopted BlackBox for all their needs.
> (I'll put Wojtek into direct contact with them.)

Fyodor:
my own needs are centered on embedded software. We were awarded a
government grant to develop a novel data acquisition architecture, see
www.skutek.com for details. Our work plan is based on Linux. We would be
very happy if we could use Wirthian languages in our embedded projects. If
the said lab is working in this direction then it will be interesting to
hear from them.

BlackBox is a user-mode app. We are more focused on embedded, where BB
does not apply. We are using a particular hardware (Blackfin) which
precludes using Astrobe. I heard about Blackfin version of NETMF, but it
does not seem to be well maintained. So right now it seems we are forced
to stay within Linux and C. Fortunately not C++. Anything more modern than
C would be very welcome, but it does not seem available for our Blackfin
platform.

W

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