[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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