On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 7:23 AM, Nikolay Suslov <nsuslovi@gmail.com> wrote:

> Thinking, that nobody here will argue about image-side compiler and it's
> capabilities.. etc.
>
> But, Yoshiki is talking about, that you could "generate a growable image
> file from all
> text files, or make deep changes to the system without shooting yourself".
> And this is really awesome and so long waited step!

Well, you do need a C compiler, presumably in the form of an
executable binary.

Yes, of course, and C compiler is available anywhere!.. then for bootstrapping the image you will just need sources in a text form..

And if you're going to grant special dispensation
to an "external tool" implemented in C, why not to an external tool
implemented in Smalltalk?

sure, may be eventually this "external tool" could be bootstrapped by Ian's COLA... also just from "all text files", needing in a C compiler on the first stages only.

Best regards,
Nikolay

That said, bravo, Yoshiki! This is a great project.

Colin