Comments on: Is CamelBones Viable? An Outsider’s Perspective http://www.matthew-long.com/2007/11/06/is-camelbones-viable-an-outsiders-perspective/ Matt Long's Blog About Programming and Stuff Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:52:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Sparks http://www.matthew-long.com/2007/11/06/is-camelbones-viable-an-outsiders-perspective/#comment-12865 Sparks Thu, 29 Nov 2007 18:11:52 +0000 http://www.matthew-long.com/2007/11/06/is-camelbones-viable-an-outsiders-perspective/#comment-12865 Though trying to get CamelBones to compile from the SourceForge repository requires some machine-specific setup and prerequisites that I have not yet managed to figure out, due to the fact that 5.8.8 is binary-compatible on the Intel side and how the search paths in CamelBones work, it is possible to create a hacky 5.8.8 bundle and place it into the CB framework, and at least have CB working on Intel. This does not seem to work with 5.8.8 on PowerPC, though. Hence, hacky interim solution to some degree. The actual framework with the 5.8.6 bundle renamed and the search path tweakery is at http://homepage.mac.com/seattlesparks/CamelBones-leopard-hack.zip Though trying to get CamelBones to compile from the SourceForge repository requires some machine-specific setup and prerequisites that I have not yet managed to figure out, due to the fact that 5.8.8 is binary-compatible on the Intel side and how the search paths in CamelBones work, it is possible to create a hacky 5.8.8 bundle and place it into the CB framework, and at least have CB working on Intel. This does not seem to work with 5.8.8 on PowerPC, though.

Hence, hacky interim solution to some degree. The actual framework with the 5.8.6 bundle renamed and the search path tweakery is at http://homepage.mac.com/seattlesparks/CamelBones-leopard-hack.zip

]]> By: perlmunger http://www.matthew-long.com/2007/11/06/is-camelbones-viable-an-outsiders-perspective/#comment-12859 perlmunger Thu, 29 Nov 2007 15:56:00 +0000 http://www.matthew-long.com/2007/11/06/is-camelbones-viable-an-outsiders-perspective/#comment-12859 I appreciate your comments, Sparks.It has been a while since Leopard came out so I'm starting to lose hope, but maybe Sherm has just been too busy. I still hope that he will get back too it at some point. I'm curious, what did you do to hack together an "interim solution"? -Matt I appreciate your comments, Sparks.It has been a while since Leopard came out so I’m starting to lose hope, but maybe Sherm has just been too busy. I still hope that he will get back too it at some point.

I’m curious, what did you do to hack together an “interim solution”?

-Matt

]]> By: Sparks http://www.matthew-long.com/2007/11/06/is-camelbones-viable-an-outsiders-perspective/#comment-12843 Sparks Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:28:32 +0000 http://www.matthew-long.com/2007/11/06/is-camelbones-viable-an-outsiders-perspective/#comment-12843 This is precisely the same reason I do use CamelBones, to allow Perl scripting of an Objective-C application... though the sudden death of the framework under Leopard has been a real problem. I hacked together a sort of interim solution which allows CB to limp along under Leopard in the meantime, but I suspect in the long run I am going to have to roll my own Perl embedding, which is going to be nightmarish. :( This is precisely the same reason I do use CamelBones, to allow Perl scripting of an Objective-C application… though the sudden death of the framework under Leopard has been a real problem.

I hacked together a sort of interim solution which allows CB to limp along under Leopard in the meantime, but I suspect in the long run I am going to have to roll my own Perl embedding, which is going to be nightmarish. :(

]]> By: Sparks http://www.matthew-long.com/2007/11/06/is-camelbones-viable-an-outsiders-perspective/#comment-12842 Sparks Thu, 29 Nov 2007 08:26:24 +0000 http://www.matthew-long.com/2007/11/06/is-camelbones-viable-an-outsiders-perspective/#comment-12842 Sherm has said several times that a 1.1.0 version with support for Leopard will be done 'by Monday,' though admittedly several Mondays have come and gone. :( Sherm has said several times that a 1.1.0 version with support for Leopard will be done ‘by Monday,’ though admittedly several Mondays have come and gone. :(

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