[REBOL] Re: Dialect for Flash files
From: agem:crosswinds at: 19-Jun-2001 4:51
RE: [REBOL] Re: Dialect for Flash files
[etienne--alaurent--free--fr] wrote:
> Le lun, 18 jun 2001, vous avez écrit :
> >Hello Etienne and all,
> >
> >I was playing with that idea about year ago.../View engine is cool but lacks
> >some features which are neccesary to achieve at least simmilar results...
> >
> >Here are some of them:
> >-improved DRAW dialect (what about line-size, ellipse...)
> >-native and developer-accesible aplha-channel operations
> >-native full rotate effect
> >-Rebol's own font engine with anti-aliasing
> >
> >anyway /View is still slower than Flash engine (especially when using
> >realtime effects) and why to "emulate" another technology while we have
> >/View ;-)
> >
> >BTW parsing and decompressing Flash file format would be really a Big
> >nightmare from my POW ;-)
> >
> >Nowadays I'm completely rewriting SWIS engine which will turn out to
> >completely modular GUI environment. When this will be done I want to make
> >own vector/bitmap-based engine with editor for demo making...any comments
> >are welcome ;-)
> >
> >regards,
> >
> >Cyphre
>
> Hi, Cyphre and REBOLers,
>
> I agree with you ;-)
>
> In fact, my reflexions come from the reading of an article in a french
> programming paper witch speaks about a new implementation of an old
> programming language - SMALLTALK.
>
> Its name is SQUEAK (www.squeak.org) and it contains, in basic version, a Flash
> reader, lots of sounds readers (like WAV, MIDI and MP3), a 2D and 3D engine, a
> very powerfull GUI engine, an OCR tool, streaming for sounds, many Internet
> protocols functions (like REBOL), etc ...
>
> This new implementation is in development (the next version is 3.0), is **free**
> and for many systems (more than REBOL can do).
>
> My reflexions bring me to think that if REBOL wants to emerge, and win, all
> these kinds of tools must be implemented and for no cost (it is probably a
> dream).
I AM WORKING ON IT !! oops, oh, hey, Carl *dog with sausage sees boss..*
