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I linked this elsewhere on the thread, but you might find it interesting in the meantime: http://fabric-engine.com/2011/10/couldnt-you-just-use-javasc...

There are more details on KL, and the reasoning why we didn't use JavaScript

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Thanks, that was interesting.

While I have you here :) , can you please elaborate on your Bullet/Fabric demo? Specifically, how did you get the Bullet C++ code to run on the Fabric Engine? (Since that doesn't use C++?)

Sure - we designed Fabric to be extendable, so it can include existing c++ libraries. So we just integrated the Bullet SDK. http://fabric-engine.com/2011/11/building-extensions-on-wind... covers the extension model in detail.

Does that answer your question properly? I can get more info if needed.

Thanks, that does answer my question.

I asked because I work on compiling C++ into JavaScript, and I was curious if your technology included something to compile C++ into KL.

I assume integrating existing C++ libraries to Fabric Engine has no security model, then?

Right - they have to be 'trusted', much like a plugin. People will have to explicitly choose to install them. Right now we bundle them all in he plugin, but that's just until we write the manager

Makes sense, thanks again for all the replies.

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