RE: [-empyre-] leander seige - tdfsb

[Scott Johnson <shogunx@operamail.com>]

Leander,

>> Fabulous idea... have you seen http://www.3dwm.org yet?  By the way I got a
>> 403 on the above url.
>
>sorry, i mistyped the url, here is the correct one:
>http://www.hgb-leipzig.de/~leander/TDFSB/

That is some nice stuff... I cant wait to check out the code... i want to 
implement a floating shell prompt... like a billboard vrml node.

>> They are working toward a 3d desktop environment.
>
>i heard of that project (and some other ones)
>
>
>> >on the other hand tdfsb is a program that visualizes computer-
>> >inherent structures. the strcuture used here (the filesystem)
>> it would be interesting to model programming paradigms such as loops, 
search
>> trees, or spirals for example.
>
>yes, there are a lot of 'hidden structures' and it could be interesting
>to visualize them ... but what is the purpose of doing that - beside
>the structures themself ?
>

For those that will come after us... they could potentially be very useful.
Imagine a self taught programmer teaching himself from the internet and 
discovering visual aids like that.


>> >inherent structures; e.g. library functions, data types...
>> >
>>
>
>> Everyday I sit and watch the data flow by like a river in a canyon,
>> sometimes I toss in a rock or two and watch the beautiful
>> concentric ripples expand, and other times I go fishing.


>nice :-)
>
Thanx.

Nice code.

>greetings
>leander
>
>
Scott

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Everyday I sit and watch the data flow by like a river in a canyon,
sometimes I toss in a rock or two and watch the beautiful 
concentric ripples expand, and other times I go fishing.