HydraTools and minimal images
nicolas cellier
ncellier at ifrance.com
Mon Feb 18 20:14:07 UTC 2008
>>
>> SmalltalkImage garbageCollect
>> SmalltalkImage version
>
> That depends from what the garbage disappears. Smalltalk is generally
> free of garbage and shame on those who claim the contrary ;-) But your
> running image has garbage, and that was created by you ! (you can't send
> your .image with garbage to someone else, no you can't ;-)
>
> BTW someone (whether they saw the mess or had other reasons) already
> moved #version to SystemVersion anyways.
>
Just to remind that (Smalltalk version) is needed for compatibility
reasons with other dialects. Ah historical decisions...
Nicolas
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