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DHARMI project


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