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Croquet Project Releases Initial Developer Release

Posted by timothy on from the grease-for-squeakers dept.

kourge writes "Croquet Project previously has been slashdotted. Today, Croquet Project released its initial developer release, codenamed 'Jasmine.' Although it isn't a finished product, it still is complete enough for developers to develop in Croquet. Croquet itself is written in Squeak, a branch of the Smalltalk language. Please remember to download Croquet via BitTorrent, which provides faster speeds and won't overload the server." The idea is ambitious: An OpenGL-based "complete development and delivery platform" delivering "shared telepresence, shared authorship of complex spaces and their contents, and shared access to network-deliverable information resources" is only part of it. Croquet's license is blessedly simple, too.

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  1. Neat Admin Graphics? by grunt107 · · Score: 4, Funny

    I'd like the admin tool icon to be a mallet, and kicking users off should be the users 'ball' being whacked thru the 'exit' wicket.

  2. Re:Alan Kay by HarveyBirdman · · Score: 3, Funny

    Some would say it was Douglas Engelbart over at SRI, but, hey, what are facts in an election year? ;-) I tease...

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  3. Re:Corquet License by ceeam · · Score: 4, Funny

    Does not beat DWTFYW license (my fave):

    http://sam.zoy.org/projects/COPYING.WTFPL

    (Pioneered by WindowMaker?)

  4. I'm afraid of new languages by HarveyBirdman · · Score: 3, Funny
    I've always heard the rules for Croquet were really complicated.

    How does it handle run time exceptions, like sticky wickets?

    No, wait, that's Cricket.

    I'm so confused. :(

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    1. Re:I'm afraid of new languages by julesh · · Score: 4, Funny

      How does it handle run time exceptions, like sticky wickets?

      That's actually a bowl-time exception. The bowler tripping the batsman over is a run-time exception.