This is a very large undertaking that I will be working on with no help. I want to the sure before I start that:
- The maintainers of Pike are at least not against a project like this.
Speaking only for myself I can say that this most definitely would be a good thing. Another GUI backend is never a bad thing. As for encrypted or somehow protected source files - that's a nice feature too. Question is how to handle it in a way that actually gives real security, rather than obfuscation level security. That said, the ability to distribute closed source (or unreadable source) apps with Pike is something I have been wanting to see for a long time.
- That if I decide to write books about Pike and/or the wxWindows binding to it, that no one has any real objection to it.
I can assure you that everyone here wants to see many books written about Pike, be they general or specific to certain needs. In the past several attempts have been made to get something going but it never has happened.
/ David Hedbor
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2003-05-16 22:38: Subject: introduce myself
Hello everyone!
My name is Charles Tilbury and I currently reside in Portland, Oregon, USA. I have been working on developing my own language for several months now, only to discover that Pike is almost exactly what I was trying to make! I only wish I had found out about it earlier.
I need a fast interpreted language with GUI support for Unix, Windows, and Mac/OS. I am planning to make commercial applications in the area of EDA and embedded software developement tools such as JTAG debuggers. I want to use a GUI compatability suite such as wxWindows to allow portability to my chosen platforms.
If I use Pike, I will write the wxWindows/Pike binding and release it under the Pike licensing scheme, but I will probably arrange to encrypt the pike scripts that are part of my applications.
This is a very large undertaking that I will be working on with no help. I want to the sure before I start that:
- The maintainers of Pike are at least not against a project like this.
- That if I decide to write books about Pike and/or the wxWindows binding to
it, that no one has any real objection to it.
I would be very interested in hearing your comments.
Highest Regards, Charles Tilbury
/ Brevbäraren