[squeak-dev] Bootstrapping

Bert Freudenberg bert at freudenbergs.de
Sun Jun 29 16:48:01 UTC 2008


Am 29.06.2008 um 16:51 schrieb Randal L. Schwartz:

>>>>>> "Bert" == Bert Freudenberg <bert at freudenbergs.de> writes:
>
> Bert> No it would not. The main issue for them is that you have to  
> start  from what
> Bert> they perceive as "binary blob" which is monkey-patched into   
> newer versions.
>
> The C compiler would fit the same definition, by that reasoning.


No. You need a C compiler, true, but it builds the next C compiler  
from text sources only, it does not clone itself.

This is also the difference between using SystemTracer to clone an  
image into a new format vs. what Ralph suggested, using an image to  
assemble a new image from scratch, containing only an explicitly  
defined set of objects.

- Bert -





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