DHARMI project

Eric Wolf (panda@erols.com)
Fri, 17 Jul 1998 05:33:51 +0000

Hi folks,
I hope this is the correct place to put this. I have a weird project
that bends the meaning of a language. Some friends took a look and
suggested I switch from java to Scheme, and I got a further
recommendation to switch to Guile.

This project grew out of frustration with Visual Basic, in the bad
old days before I knew about Linux. It started as a java toolkit for
hooking up GUIs to data modelling programs, but grew into something
beyond. It became a way for the user to modify the structure and
behavior of running programs.

The aim of this project is to create a language that is well suited to
writing scientific models, and hooking them up like tinker-toys. The
hooking up can done via command line (included in every programs'
interface) or visually via drag and drop. I do not intend for this
project to rely on the GUI, but I still want it to have a rather nifty
one.

It is called DHARMI (Data Habitat And Rapid Modelling Infrastructure)
and can be found at http://www.erols.com/panda/

I want your advice on whether or not this can be a viable and
worth-while project.

Thanks,
Eric Wolf