Squeak Socket Primitives
Craig Latta
Craig.Latta at NetJam.ORG
Wed Nov 10 03:57:59 UTC 1999
> ...one of the arguments that I disagree with was the issue of
> whether to use Slang or handwritten C for the primitives. The
> design philosophy of Squeak is one I strongly agree with: Everything
> in Smalltalk, as much as possible. Performance is always being
> improved, but the goal of having the system understandable from a
> single image, and as much as possible, from a single language has
> always been paramount.
I think the amount of C code necessary to implement the sockets interface obviates the benefit of having a small part of it in Smalltalk. In general, though, I think the goal is a very good one.
> ...I do appreciate your laying out your case on the Web, Craig!
Thanks!
-C
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Craig Latta
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