[packet forth is dead, long live packet forth
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-  graphics processing and generation. Although
-  the focus has shifted towards generative graphics in the last couple
-  of years, the original goal was and still is real-time video
-  processing. PF is now quite stable and usable, but remains a bit of
-  an odd duck in the land of open source video processing tools.</p>
+  graphics processing and generation written by Tom
+  Schouten.. Although the focus has shifted towards generative
+  graphics in the last couple of years, the original goal was and
+  still is real-time video processing. PF is now quite stable and
+  usable, but remains a bit of an odd duck in the land of open source
+  video processing tools.</p>
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-  the objectives of the <a href="http://zwizwa.be/staapl">Staapl</a> project.
-
-<p>If you are interested in trying PF, have a look at
-  the <a href="http://packets.goto10.org">Packets</a> website or
-  subscribe to
-  the <a href="http://lists.goto10.org/pipermail/pf-list">pf-list</a>. The
-  main distribution channel is
-  the <a href="http://zwizwa.be/darcs/packetforth">darcs</a>
-  archive. If you are interested in the gory details, have a look at
-  the <a href="http://zwizwa.be/ramblings/packetforth/">dev
-  log</a>.  PF is released to the public under the
-  GPL v2.
+  the objectives of the <a href="http://zwizwa.be/staapl">Staapl</a>
+  project.
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-PF was forked from
-the <a href="http://zwizwa.be/pdp"> Pure Data
+<p>PF was forked from the <a href="http://zwizwa.be/pdp"> Pure Data
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-on generative graphics, driven in large part by the requirements of
+on adding features for OpenGL based generative graphics, driven in
+large part by the requirements of
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-on stabilizing and cleaning up the code base. During the author's
-affiliation with <a href="http://goto10.org">GOTO10</a> in the period
-(2005-2007) an effort has been made in collaboration with Aymeric
-Mansoux and Marloes De Valk to bring PF to the general public and
-start the
-<a href="http://packets.goto10.org">Packets</a> community website.
-PF is written by Tom Schouten. 
+on stabilizing and cleaning up the code base. PF is currently in
+hibernation.
+
+<p>Due to lack of time and interest on my end (shifting focus to
+Staapl) and lack of community interest, PF will probably die in its
+current form. A big thanks to those who believed in it; I'm going to
+do my best to not make that effort go to waste. I still like the idea
+behind PF, but I made some mistakes in the design that I can't fix
+without spending a huge amount of time. The world has changed a lot in
+5 years, and I've learned a thing or two.  The way I see things now
+(June 2008), the language part will will probably be absorbed in
+Staapl, and the simplified glue layers for Linux media APIs will
+probably find a home in a C library.
+
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