[Newbies] Does vm shipped with Squeak 4.0 support closures? [cross posted]

[Thomas Porter]

Bert,

Thanks for the clarification,  I appreciate it.  I'll go with the new
Squeak V4.0 vm and see how that does.

Tom P.

On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 5:49 PM, Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de> wrote:
> On 18.03.2010, at 22:25, Tom.X.Porter at gmail.com wrote:
>
> I know that Pharo (or at least Pharo with seaside) requires a VM with
> closure support, and the Pharo download page gives access to a vm 4.2.2b1
> that supports them.
>
> Squeak V4.0 has a vm 4.2.3.b1u, but I am unclear if it was build with
> support for closures. I just thought I would check on the pharo list and
> with the mouse folks as well, as I run both on my mac. I guess I might need
> both VM's.
>
> Both of these support closures. Generally it's better to use the latest VM.
> You only need a single VM for both Squeak and Pharo, there is no significant
> difference. Usually no difference at all except maybe the name.
> - Bert -
>
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