Re: Interactive Agents and the Web

Chris Marrin ([email protected])
Wed, 4 Oct 1995 09:48:24 -0700

On Oct 4, 5:25am, Chris Bloom wrote:
> Subject: Re: Interactive Agents and the Web
> On Oct 3, 12:49pm, Paul Burchard wrote:
> > I would be very interested in a clear technical
> > statement of what you feel is "missing" from Java-enabled servers,
> > but you've taken 400 words to simply make that claim.
> >
> HTML, Java, and VRML are interpreted protocols which originate from
> some source identified by a URI request. General Magic is developing
> support in Telescript for accepting these requests, processing these
> requests, and replying to them. The missing piece that Telescript
> provides is a secure runtime environment for agents (eg avatars) that
can
> travel between Telescript engines tmeough the internet.
> ...
>
> More information about the conference can be found at
http://cnn.genmagic.com.
> Believe me, I want to say a lot more, and will. But for now I am so
busy
> developing the Tools to couple Telescript to the Web and preparing for
the
> conference that I must keep my esplies short.

I must admit to being completely uneducated in Telescript. From this
discussion I cannot understand what Telescript would do for us. I went to
your home page and could find no technical data on Telescript. One reason
Java, for instance, is so embraced is that there is copious information
about it to great levels of detail on their home page. Is there the
equivalent for Telescript? I'm betting that many participants in this
forum don't have time to attend a conference and a technical web page
would allow us to evaluate it when we have time.

Also, would general magic be willing to place the source to a sample
implementation of Telescript into the public domain? That has been the
best springboard for other features in the past.

-- 
chris marrin      Silicon      http://www.sgi.com/Products/WebFORCE/WebSpace
(415) 390-5367    Graphics     http://reality.sgi.com/employees/cmarrin_engr/
[email protected]   Inc.         


"It is well to remember that the entire universe,
 with one trifling exception, is composed of   others."   - John Andesw Holmes

  • Next message: Adam Shaun Nealis: "Re[2]: vrml and java"
  • Previous message: [email protected]: "Re: ANNOUNCE:one more castle"
  • In reply to: Chris Bloom: "Re: Interactive Agents and the Web"