New VM method (was: Idea for a possibly better Collection...)
J J
azreal1977 at hotmail.com
Tue Sep 12 16:38:07 UTC 2006
>From: "Klaus D. Witzel" <klaus.witzel at cobss.com>
>Reply-To: The general-purpose Squeak developers
>list<squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
>To: squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org
>Subject: Re: Idea for a possibly better Collection occurrencesOf method.
>Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2006 18:33:27 +0200
>
>Smalltalkers usually don't wait for x.y or whatever: the primitive
>associated with #apply:from:to: must be backed by Smalltalk code because
>it (the primitive) may fail or may only be available together with a
>JITter. In both cases the Smalltalk code must already exist and run
>(hopefully) bug free.
>
>Of course, what'd also be needed is a commitment from the VM folks to
>include the new primitive.
>
Are the VM folks on this list?
>/Klaus
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