[squeak-dev] Logging from the Compiler

Frank Shearar frank.shearar at gmail.com
Thu Dec 12 20:22:33 UTC 2013


On 12 December 2013 19:43, Chris Muller <asqueaker at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I like the Announcements route.  SystemChangeNotifier is a dog.
>> Compatibility with Pharo is in the long-term very important
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> Freedom from Pharo constraints is even more important.
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>> (but it has to be a two-way street, and not blind).
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> I don't believe Pharo will ever be interested in a two-way street of
> compatibility with Squeak.  If anything, the opposite.  Neither group is
> interested in feeling constrained by the other.  The Pharo fork happened for
> good reasons.
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> We should pursue our own wildest imaginations, not follow Pharo.

No arguments, but...

>  We should
> steal components of Pharo which offer the kind of functional leverage
> ratio's appropriate for Squeak.

... you can't do that without some kind of compatibility. Not without
entirely rewriting stuff, which is kind've missing the point of
stealing.

frank

> PS -- None of the above should imply I'm against Announcements.  I know
> nothing about it other than its Listener Pattern le Grande.  Hopefully not
> too heavyweight..
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