[NTLK] Einstein, last call

[Eckhart Köppen]

On Fri, 23 Oct 2026 00:47:21 -0400, Victor Rehorst wrote:
> If I'm the only one feeling this way, I'll just walk backwards back 
> into my hedge and deal with it.  But I'm curious, and I suspect I 
> might not be the only one.

I see that with newton-re, some of the use cases we had for Einstein 
can be simplified a lot, especially developing new applications for the 
Newton will be easier with what Matthias is putting together. The same 
with interfacing with the host OS, the way it's done in Einstein via 
the official route (REx) is not easy. newton-re makes that dead simple.

Having said that, I for one still need a basis for a true emulator like 
Einstein and will continue to work on it. I am however also looking 
into simplifying it, if for example something is covered by newton-re, 
then it won't have to be done by Einstein. Platform support beyond 
macOS, Linux and Windows is such an area, especially if there are no 
active maintainers for other platforms.

As I've posted a while ago in the context of serial port handling, I'll 
use GitHub issues for whatever changes I have in mind, and let the list 
know here.

Open Source projects are generally not easy to manage without a large 
contributor base, there's always the risk that few maintainers become a 
bottleneck. In that sense, I'll be very careful to not raise 
expectations here :)

Eckhart