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Hello robert,
Monday, June 17, 2002, 1:36:53 PM, you wrote:
rdcbc> It is nearly a year since BlackBox 1.4 was officially released.
rdcbc> Is it time to start speculating on what might be in 1.5?
1.4?
where?
hehehe....
rdcbc> I'm afraid that unsigned numerics is not high on my list. While
rdcbc> I missed them when switching from Modula II, I found that the Oberon/L
rdcbc> type-safe (1-way) hierarchy WAS a simplification, and the loss of efficiency
rdcbc> was (for me) less of an issue.
rdcbc> For mucking around with hardware registers would not 1-byte & 2-byte SETs not
rdcbc> be safer abstractions than 8-bit numbers?
rdcbc> I'd ask (at the language level) for the operators <, <=, etc to be extended
rdcbc> to SET types to mean set inclusion and strict set inclusion. This is a
rdcbc> simplification in that it makes the instruction set more orthogonal, and would
rdcbc> have no backward compatibility problems.
rdcbc> Any other suggestions ?
rdcbc> Regards
rdcbc> Robert Campbell
Compiler level info label marker, ala .NET style:
[mark code][revised][sincro this code with dan code]
void doSomething ( )
{ }
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void doAlfaOmega()
{ }
compiler understand this labels, and save with functions. Then debug
traps show the info in a smart way.
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automatically Componet downloader and installer from CPAN^H^H^H..
Oops!.. from Oberon.ch components world repository (if exist)
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opengl unit
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component wizard setup creator (or uploader)
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PGPCode marker
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Concurrent Version System Management (net repository?)
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human friendly customizable "beep" after a Trap :D
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bugs wizard submision form (feedback for Oberon guys)
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active-x embeding for oberon black box files (yet coded?)
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Huevos de Pascua
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a way to change background texture and translucent windows
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etc...
Tei
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