Alterator/architecture

Alterator/architecture



Alterator is layered:


 * backends: implement system interaction,
 * frontends: implement UI and configuration logic,

Frontends are implemented in Scheme. Backend/frontend interaction is performed through sockets by the specific Lisp-inspired protocol.

Backends may be written in any language, and there are existing libraries for POSIX shell and Perl for dealing with frontend communication protocol.