Squat progress 12 July 2003

Craig Latta craig at netjam.org
Sat Jul 12 23:35:32 UTC 2003


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Hi--

	Things are getting exciting now. :)

	I can now swap out compiled methods and method dictionaries on demand,
then automatically and seamlessly swap them back in from an update
server when messages requiring them are sent. This ability provides for
a significant reduction in image size (about 30%). I'm in the process of
swapping out most of the behavior in the minimal system. Space analyses
will be at http://netjam.org/squat/space2.txt .

	I have a demo where I open a remote browser on a headless snapshot that
has had all the compilation and decompilation support removed, then, as
I browse around, some of it gets swapped back in. I plan to make a short
movie of this.

	I also have a design for writing snapshots to a socket, allowing the
removal of all filesystem support.

	A list of projected surviving classes is at
http://netjam.org/squat/survivors .


	thanks,

-C

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