At 17:17 16.03.2002 +0100, Stephan Rudlof wrote:
>After this I've come to the conclusion: StarSqueakLife from Bob's SuperSwiki
>runs without using the StarSqueakPlugin... (see other mails of mine) Other
>simus use it though.

Yes...

I really wonder whether you're reasoning that every StarSqueak application 
absolutely would *have* to make use of the plugin primitives.  The plugin 
only accelerates a subset of the framework framework 
functionality:  scents, mostly.  Just as well, some Squeak applications 
*may* use the LargeIntegers plugin, and others may not.  What's the fuzz about?

If you study the StarSqueakWorlds, you'll find that 5 of 7 publically 
available applications do *not* use the plugin (Diffusion, ForestFire, 
Termites, Trees, Life).  Two (AntColony and SlimeMold) do so.  Heck, one of 
the primitives that the plugin implements isn't used by any of the examples.

Restated:  The StarSqueakPlugin will not accelerate all of StarSqueak nor 
all of its applications.  It accelerates certain aspects (one is 
scent/"pheromone"), and not every application employs those aspects.

Cheers,
Helge