Squat progress 8 June 2003
PhiHo Hoang
phiho.hoang at rogers.com
Mon Jun 9 18:31:52 UTC 2003
Hi John,
> Do you think you'll be able to get a Squeak image below 100k
> as you were hoping?
>
> My record for a tiny Squeak image that does something useful
> is one that does "toothpaste" in 172k.
What version of Squeak was it (2.x, 3.x ?)
Is it available for download ?
I like to do some ImageProcessing on it. ;-)
> That image still has the bare essentials of graphics (Form Pen BitBlt)
> and the UI (Display & InputSensor).
> My record for an application without graphics is 136k (~1000 methods)
> for an image that merely dumps memory stats to a file
> (no compiler, no graphics).
> But I don't count that as a useful application...
>
If my math is not so rusted, the graphics engine is less than 36KB ?
Is it morphic ?
> In any case, 300k is pretty darned small!
Yes, it's pretty impressive, considering that it's 3.5 vintage.
OTOH, size does matter but the technology is even more important.
(Let's hope for a Squatta Sutra ;-)
Cheers,
PhiHo.
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