Danil Osipchuk has created a new version of the CurlPlugin. This is a plugin that wraps the libcurl library, a multiprotocol file transfer library.
Danil is now looking for people interested in testing his plugin. For this plugin there’s also a bounty offered by Avi Bryant.
Author: gcorriga
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CurlPlugin – call for testing
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An explaination of continuations
Ramon Leon has written a good description of what continuations are in the context of the Seaside framework. Lukas Renggli later chimed in with a Zen-like example useful for understanding what continuations are.
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Using Squeak on the Nokia 770
The Nokia 770 is a Linux-based, wi-fi capable “Internet tablet” whose success was even greater than what Nokia anticipated. Now Aaron Reichow is trying to run Squeak on it, and has posted a couple of messages (here and here) detailing his experiences.
Could the 770 and Squeak combo become the first real implementation of the Dynabook?
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September team reports
Every month the various Squeak teams should deliver a report on their activities. For the month of September, the following reports have been sent to the squeak-dev mailing list:
Updates:
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Latest announcements in the Squeak world
Here’ a list of the latest announcements that appeared on the squeak-dev mailing list:
- John M McIntosh announced a new release of the mac Exupery VM. This release is up to date with the latest modifications to the VM necessary to run Exupery. Be warned though: this is still experimental software.
- Keith Hodges announced the availability of the first version of the FullText package, a port to Squeak 3.8 of Scott Crosby’s Full Text search engine.
Also, Simon Micheal announced the creation of http://planetjp.squeak.org/, a planet aggregator that aggregates the Japanese squeak blogs.
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Alternative URL for The Weekly Squeak
The Weekly Squeak can now be reached also using this new URL: http://news.squeak.org. At the moment, this is only an HTTP redirect that will bring you to the main TWS url. The RSS feed URL remains the same.
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Squeak Foundation Board meeting notes – October 4th, 2006
Craig Latta posted the notes of the Squeak Foundation Board meeting that occured on October 4th. The Squeak Foundation Board meets twice a month via IM on the first and third wednesday, and Craig has been appointed to speak for the board.
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The NewCompiler project
The NewCompiler project aims at developing a new compiler to take the place of the one currently in use in the Squeak image. This will bring many advantages: a better integration with the Refactoring Browser subsystem; a cleaner internal structure with better maintainability, and “real” closures that will make the #fixTemps workaround unnecessary.
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More info on Exupery
Looks like Exupery is in the spotlight in these days! Many messages ha appeared on the Squeak-dev mailing list asking questions and details about this project. Bryce Kampjes and others provided answers to these questions here, here, and here.
Also, don’t forget to read to our little Exupery FAQ!
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Squeak startup process, explained
In replying to a question on the Beginners mailing list, Yoshiki Ohshima explained the startup process of a Squeak image, from the moment the VM is invoked by the operating system, to the moment the user can start interacting with the Squeak system.
The Weekly Squeak 