[squeak-dev] Smalltalk images considered harmful

Randal L. Schwartz merlyn at stonehenge.com
Thu May 22 00:16:33 UTC 2008


>>>>> "Jecel" == Jecel Assumpcao <jecel at merlintec.com> writes:

Jecel> Our sources are the .image files. It isn't what people are used to, but
Jecel> that doesn't make it less true.

I would also presume that by this rule, PDFs aren't allowed anywhere in the
distro either.  After all, they're not "human readable", but with the right
tools, they're perfectly clear.  It just happens that the tool to read a
.image is in fact the image itself, running on a suitable VM. :)

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