On Fri, 2008-08-15 at 05:40 +0200, Lars Rune Nøstdal wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 00:24 -0700, Volkan YAZICI wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > AFAIK, there doesn't exist an XPCOM bridge for Common Lisp. I think
> > such a project would bring seriously good potentials for Common Lisp.
> > For instance, as a very simple example, you'll be able to write cross-
> > platform GUI enable applications in Common Lisp by interfacing XUL
> > components through XPCOM bindings. (No need to say that you'll also be
> > free to use your favorite sexp-to-xml tool.) I don't want to push this
> > work to someone else's shoulders, and am volunteered to help to the
> > implementation of cl-xpcom. The problem is, I don't have any
> > experience with any COM derivate and looking for some sort of mentor.
> > Would anybody mind assisting me in the right direction to implement an
> > XPCOM bridge for Common Lisp?
> >
> >
> > Regards.
> >
> > P.S. There was a project -- that I couldn't recall its name right now
> > -- that enables Mozilla to interpret Common Lisp code between <script>
> > tags by embedding ECL into Mozilla core. But that's not the same thing
> > I have in mind. In such an implementation, your common lisp code gets
> > executed by Mozilla using ECL, which makes it, IMHO, impossible to
> > have any REPL interaction, which I think totally terminates the crux
> > of the idea.
>
> What about hooking the REPL up to the browser via ajax/comet and using
> JavaScript? No need for bindings, and it works with more browsers ...
>
> SW> (run "alert('Hello mr. browser!');" *view*)
> ...popup alert dialog shows up...
> SW> (run "return 3 * 2;" *view* :async-p nil)
> "6"
>
> ..or with JSON, the correct type:
>
>
> SW> (run "return 3 * 2;" *view* :async-p nil :json-p t)
> 6
> SW> (+ (run "return 3 * 2;" *view* :async-p nil :json-p t)
> 2)
> 8
>
>
> ..then build on this? .. this is SW btw.:
> http://groups.google.com/group/symbolicweb
>
you probably want to know this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XPCOM#Discontinuation
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Lars Rune Nøstdal
http://nostdal.org/