On 17.11.2009, at 16:59, Jecel Assumpcao Jr wrote:

> Bert Freudenberg wrote:
>> On 17.11.2009, at 04:18, K. K. Subramaniam wrote:
>>> The object memory has old/new areas, but the image is still a binary monolith. 
>>> As solid-state storages take hold, the cost of redundant writes will keep 
>>> rising. Is anyone looking at options where an image is a folder of files 
>>> instead of a single file?
> 
> I suggested that a couple of messages back in this thread.
> 
>> I'd love to have even a simple version of this. E.g., split the image into just two
>> parts. Sort-of like VW's perm space (which is not garbage-collected ever) which
>> would be the "base-image", plus all the rest in a second image file. This would
>> allow to share a base image and a differential image in a similar fashion as we
>> have a sources and a changes file. A regular save would just save the non-permanent
>> part of the object memory. 
> 
> Sure: http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/584
> 
> -- Jecel

Sounds a bit less simple than what I had in mind. Your idea is more flexible, of course, but I wonder if it's not too complex to get adopted?

- Bert -