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Chris Capel wrote:

>On 9/20/05, Colin Wright <colin.wright@denbridgemarine.com> wrote:
>  
>
>>I've implemented an extremely rudimentary version of the "SuperMemo" algorithm
>>in Python.  No graphics, no whizzy stuff, just pure and simple text recall.
>>It's for me, but it would be churlish and stupid of me not to offer it to
>>others.
>>
>>If there are any Linux users out there who'd like to try it out and work with
>>me on it, please email me at lojban@solipsys.co.uk
>>
>>Thanks.
>>    
>>
>
>I'm not too familiar with Python's FFI ability. Would it be possible
>to take a Windows dll (i.e. the actual implementation of the Supermemo
>algorithm) and use it for the repetition spacing in your script? I'm
>fairly confident it would be trivial in Windows, but what I'm not sure
>about is whether one can use wine to make a Linux version of the dll
>that can be consumed by Python. If so, I think this method would be
>much preferable to reimplementing the algorithm.
>
>The Supermemo dll is at http://supermemo.com/english/sm8opt.htm if you
>or anyone else should want to try your hand at this.
>
>Chris Capel
>  
>
If we're still depending on SuperMemo code I don't see the point. I'm 
interested in helping out with this endeavor because I'm interested in 
free software.