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-This is a darcs archive for the PacketForth project. To make a local
-copy of the repositiory do:
+This is a darcs archive for the Packet Forth project.
+
+To make a local copy of the repositiory do:
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-For more info see http://zwizwa.h1x.com/darcs/packetforth/www
+For more info see http://zwizwa.h1x.com/packetforth
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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.
+ 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.
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- Joy, PostScript, Factor and Lisp. As opposed to its memetic parents,
- PF is not intended as a general purpose programming language, but a
- scripting language that glues together abstract processing
- primitives and relevant open source libraries. As a language, its
- defining properties are a linear memory model to reduce memory usage
- and promote memory locality for video processing, and the use of
- dynamic typing and generic functions.
+ Joy, PostScript, Factor, and Lisp. As opposed to its memetic
+ parents, PF is not intended as a general purpose programming
+ language, but a scripting language that glues together black box
+ processing primitives and relevant open source libraries. PF is also
+ heavily inspired by and can run as an extension
+ of Pure Data
+ by Miller Puckette.
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-
-
-The code is a result of a 6
- year long experimentatal evolution, and somewhat idiosyncratic. It
- is written entirely in C. Cleaning up the PF virtual machine and
- processing code is part of the objectives of the BROOD project.
+ As a language, its defining properties are a linear memory model
+ to reduce memory usage and promote memory locality for video
+ processing, and the use of dynamic typing and generic functions. The
+ code is a result of a long experimental evolution which started in
+ 2002, and is somewhat idiosyncratic. It is written entirely in
+ C. Cleaning up the PF virtual machine and processing code, and
+ generating most from a higher level description language is part of
+ the objectives of the BROOD project.
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-the Packets website and/or
-subscribe to
-the pf-list.
+ the Packets website or
+ subscribe to
+ the pf-list. The
+ main distribution channel is
+ the darcs
+ archive. If you are interested in the gory details, have a look at
+ the dev
+ log. Contact
+ GOTO10 if you want to organize a PF
+ workshop or demonstration. PF is released to the public under the
+ GPL v2. Contact the author for alternative licencing options.
+
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-PF was forked from the Pure Data Packet (PDP) project somewhere in
-2003. The PDP project started in fall 2002. The focus over the last 2
-years (2006-2007) has been mainly on generative graphics, driven in
-large part by the requirements of
+PF was forked from
+the Pure Data
+Packet (PDP) project somewhere in 2003. The PDP project started in
+fall 2002. The focus over the last 2 years (2006-2007) has been mainly
+on generative graphics, driven in large part by the requirements of
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-on stabilizing the code base. During my affiliation
-with GOTO10 in the period (2005-2007)
-an effort has been made in collaboration with Aymeric Mansoux and
-Marloes De Valk to start the Packets community website.
+on stabilizing and cleaning up the code base. During the author's
+affiliation with GOTO10 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
+Packets community website.
}