[cap-talk] Creating 32-bit capabilities, automatic capabilities by subclassing? (message for jed at the end)

[Jed at Webstart]

At 10:04 PM 5/8/2006, John Carlson wrote:
> >
> > It would be really cool if we could add capabilities to this, such
> > that people
> > could only see certain parts of the graph.
>
>Since I am using Java OpenGL for picking, I am using an integer to name
>objects.  What I envision doing is using some kind of algorithm to
>generate a capabilities-as-data integer to pass over the internet
>to other people.

Are you talking about something like Tyler's YURLs?

>Does someone have a standard set of capabilities that I can use
>to add to this graphing program?  I guess this is similar to file
>system capabilities.  Could I just subclass my node and arc
>from some publically available classes, and the database,
>multiuser, networking and capabilities would come for free?

You lost me above.

>Jed, what do you think about a capability system to write IMPACT
>programs in a distributed/multiprogrammer fashion?

Gulp.  Now that's a real stretch referencing a cellular data
flow machine and capabilities in the same sentence.  Such
a topic could more appropriately be discussed off this list.

--Jed http://www.webstart.com/jed/