Could somebody explain the concept of pluggable brains? I have come across this phrase more than once, and I still don't know what it is. Is there any documentation on this? Is it by any chance related to an SQL Method's ability to represent data records with Python classes? -- Alexander Staubo http://www.mop.no/~alex/ "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." --Philip K. Dick
At 01:07 AM 7/5/99 +0200, Alexander Staubo wrote:
Could somebody explain the concept of pluggable brains? I have come across this phrase more than once, and I still don't know what it is. Is there any documentation on this?
Is it by any chance related to an SQL Method's ability to represent data records with Python classes?
Yes. Sorry for the term, I picked it up from Jim Fulton back when it was an about-to-be-added feature for Principia/Aqueduct. As with so many Fultonisms, it's vivid and tends to stick in one's (non-pluggable) brain.
At 7:09 pm -0500 4/7/99, Phillip J. Eby wrote:
At 01:07 AM 7/5/99 +0200, Alexander Staubo wrote:
Could somebody explain the concept of pluggable brains? I have come across this phrase more than once, and I still don't know what it is. Is there any documentation on this?
Is it by any chance related to an SQL Method's ability to represent data records with Python classes?
Yes. Sorry for the term, I picked it up from Jim Fulton back when it was an about-to-be-added feature for Principia/Aqueduct. As with so many Fultonisms, it's vivid and tends to stick in one's (non-pluggable) brain.
At last! an explanation....I came across this term and thought it was the strangest thing I'd seen in a software description for a long time (visions of Igor passing a 'fresh brain' to a ZopeMeister came to mind!). tone ------ Dr Tony McDonald, FMCC, Networked Learning Environments Project The Medical School, Newcastle University Tel: +44 191 222 5888 Fingerprint: 3450 876D FA41 B926 D3DD F8C3 F2D0 C3B9 8B38 18A2
Tony McDonald wrote:
At last! an explanation....I came across this term and thought it was the strangest thing I'd seen in a software description for a long time (visions of Igor passing a 'fresh brain' to a ZopeMeister came to mind!).
It's easier if you envision yourself in the role of God, plugging brains (and instincts) into animals so that they will fit in their environment. If "pluggable brain" sounds strange, what of "pluggable soul" ? BB
Tony McDonald wrote:
Yes. Sorry for the term, I picked it up from Jim Fulton back when it was an about-to-be-added feature for Principia/Aqueduct. As with so many Fultonisms, it's vivid and tends to stick in one's (non-pluggable) brain.
At last! an explanation....I came across this term and thought it was the strangest thing I'd seen in a software description for a long time (visions of Igor passing a 'fresh brain' to a ZopeMeister came to mind!).
Not a bad analogy. I picture a lump of inanimate flesh (a result from a relational database query) being infused with the spark of life (object behavior, aka class). Jim -- Jim Fulton mailto:jim@digicool.com Python Powered! Technical Director (888) 344-4332 http://www.python.org Digital Creations http://www.digicool.com http://www.zope.org Under US Code Title 47, Sec.227(b)(1)(C), Sec.227(a)(2)(B) This email address may not be added to any commercial mail list with out my permission. Violation of my privacy with advertising or SPAM will result in a suit for a MINIMUM of $500 damages/incident, $1500 for repeats.
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