[colorforth] jpeg decoder

[Dirk Harms-Merbitz <dirk@xxxxxxxxx>]

What would you do with a mouse driver?

On Wed, May 29, 2002 at 04:46:41PM -0700, Jack Johnson wrote:
> Dirk Harms-Merbitz wrote:
> >What will you do about Flash? QuickTime? Real?
> >
> >If people are willing to code for colorForth then please
> >do not try to emulate Linux. We already have Linux.
> 
> I have to nitpick here.
> 
> There are a number of CF enthusiasts who would like to be able to read 
> various file formats for various reasons.  Some excellent examples of 
> needing JPEG encoders/decoders would be interfacing with digital 
> cameras, foundation for a Web browser, interoperability with legacy 
> systems, etc.
> 
> That's not to say that we all need them -- that they should be made part 
> of ColorForth proper-- but there can be value to sharing code for things 
> that get repeated often.
> 
> Something else to consider is that though many of these legacy systems 
> come with a lot of baggage, they also come with a lot of history.  Sure, 
> we could all roll-our-own audio compression scheme, but psychoacoustic 
> compression is extremely efficient and extremely difficult to do from 
> scratch.  The ability to read format X doesn't turn CF into Linux, it 
> just makes CF that much more useful when looking for a solution to a 
> problem.
> 
> I mean, come on, you might as well make the argument that we shouldn't 
> have a mouse driver because that would make us too much like Windows.
> 
> -Jack
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