Squat progress 12 July 2003

PhiHo Hoang phiho.hoang at rogers.com
Sun Jul 13 00:44:38 UTC 2003


Hi Craig, 

> 
> Things are getting exciting now. :)
>

    I am exited ;-)
 
> 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. 

    What's the granularity that can be  swapped ?

> 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 .
> 

    How long does this process take ? 
    What is the image size now ?

> 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.
> 

    What can be shown from such a movie ?

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

    Does it require a 'socket scientist' to save/use those snapshot ;-)

    Please keep it up.

    Cheers,

    PhiHo.



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