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Re: Swarm by example
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Marcus G. Daniels |
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Re: Swarm by example |
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18 Jan 2000 18:10:59 -0800 |
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>>>>> "DS" == Darren Schreiber <address@hidden> writes:
DS> What problems need illustration?
Here's some Swarm stuff, above and beyond C and object-oriented
programming. It's not ordered by importance, although it is roughly
low -> high level.
Describing and instantiating objects;
(the meaning of +createBegin:/-createEnd)
o create-time methods become unavailble
o setting-time methods persist after -createEnd and
using methods become available
o compare/contrast C++ templates
Advanced defobj features
o custom classes via DefClass
o method combination
o phase splitting
Loading and saving objects
o serialization vs. archiver
o shallow vs deep
o hdf5 vs lisp
Zones
o implicit relation to Swarms
o for locality
o bulk-drops
o the population list
Java and Swarm
o tips, tricks, troubleshooting
o coding for the future
Common Swarm data structures
o general create-time parameters
o List, Map, Array, Index
o Java alternatives
Core concepts:
o What is a Swarm?
- composability
- concurrency
* control of determinism
* parallelism
- constituency
o Action
- FAction and typed calls
o ActionGroup
o Schedule
o activation
o dynamic scheduling
Random numbers
o choosing one
o instantiation
o using seeds
GUI stuff
o caveats and Java alternatives
o why doTkEvents?
o pointers to online Tcl/Tk manuals
Probes
o VarProbe
o MessageProbe
- relation to FArguments/FCall
o ProbeMap
o ProbeDisplays
Spaces
o Double buffering
o combining Discrete2d with internal lists
Analysis
o notion of reflectivity, probes, and closure
o use of HDF5 and R
o use of COM technologies with Java
Misc tools:
o Sorting
o Selection
o Argument parsing
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