Recently I found an interesting little programming language called LSharp.net.

It is effectively a language by which the user can script in LISP and call functions to the .NET framework. It is indeed an interesting experiment and in a little while it cvould perhaps become usable.

The issue I found with coding for L#.net was the unfortunate lack of an IDE…. so I made one (see below)

LSharp IDE early ALPHA Screenshot

As can be seen, the IDE is currently only able to load, save and run programs. However, i’m actively working on this so quick advancements are to be expected.

For a 1.0-BETA release this is the sort of feature list I am hoping for…

• Load, edit, save and run L#.net programs.
• Code colouring.
• Font settings.
• Multiple files open (projects?)

It shouldn’t take too long, so expect an update within the next few days.

Sam

The Hermes android project awakes!

I will report back here soon, eg today, with more news once handriod.inthebinaryrefinery.co.uk wiki is set up.

/out

Haiku! Near alpha! Shock!

Sorry for the lack of real words, I’m just shocked. I think we just witnessed the ‘It works!’ moment for Haiku as it has become ‘usable’.

Exactly what ‘usable’ entails is another matter but the general gist is that it can be used as a real desktop (unlike KDE 4, as the quoted in the title points out).

I look forward to actually being able to install it, I think I’ll put it on a HDD when it hits beta, something were looking for within a year. and is actually looking possible!

The one annoyance is that it doesn’t support wifi, something I truly can’t be without as I’d be installing on my old laptop. But anyway I’m rambling… here’s the link to the most recent progress (the code drive).

Good luck to the Haiku team! Stability is key!

Sam

P.S

Also, I’ll be posting some stuff i’ve written on my Hermes soon, it’s just getting chance to upload it.

The blog is finally taking shape as it becomes more customised and what I wanted it to be, but alas the search bar holts my advance. How it does this is simple, it won’t resize.

I Started with a very plain theme for the blog; Complete black and some sidebars and header/footer’s  - not exactly amazing stuff.

Since then I changed lots about, added sections, deleted section, moved things, added the logo at the top and finally *tried* to change the size of the search bar (it used to be at the bottom of the pasge, unmarked (???).

I have tried everything I could think of to fix this but I still don’t understand it. I can move it, delete it, but not resize it.

How strange… anyway haven’t got much time tonight so I’ll try and find the answer tomorrow.

Until then,

Sam