Re: Eaten by the Tiger? Open Source WO is coming...

On Aug 24, 2005, at 4:03 AM, Pirmin Braun wrote:

> Helge Hess wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> On Aug 24, 2005, at 2:29, Pierce T. Wetter III wrote:
>>
>>>  Personally, rather then WebScript, I would do "python for SOPE"  
>>> or something similar.
>>>
>> there should be no problem with using PyObjC in combination with  
>> SOPE if you like it. Personally I prefer to see an interpreted of  
>> Objective-C (or sth close).
>>
>>> That is, there's nothing particularly magic about WebScript, it  
>>> wasn't really that great a scripting language.
>>>
>> The magic is that its directly built upon the ObjC runtime and  
>> requires no bridge to map selectors, classes, objects and that it  
>> has the same syntax like ObjC.
>>
> what about IntarScript?
> it has got an ObjC bridge, can create PDF documents, offers higher  
> level statements, fast and simple interpreter, simple syntax,  
> variables  as part of keypaths, garbage collection, database  
> abstraction layer, just to mention some features;
> we do most of our customer's business logic in IntarScript;

   I was only able to find web pages in German about IntarScript.  
Which translated to something like this:

> One (at present) cannot download IntarS, therefore one does not  
> find also on the homepage a down load section. Everyone, which  
> wants to use it, gets the SOURCE code however, can this as desired  
> change. IntarS is not a small program, where one only a setup.exe  
> would have to click, but an extensive enterprise software, which  
> also a little does not play itself opens. Without training and  
> consultation and individual arrangement IntarS without use is,  
> unbedarfte Downloader the grind would get themselves and our  
> Hotline would block. If you are interested by IntarS in an  
> employment, we organize one evaluation day gladly in your house.

How about posting some examples of what IntarScript looks like?

Anyways, knowing how these open source projects work, if you built  
IntarScript into SOPE, I seriously doubt the SOPE guys would turn  
their noses up at it, especially if you've successfully used it in  
production.

  Pierce