[squeak-dev] A Suggested Promotion

Jecel Assumpcao Jr. jecel at merlintec.com
Wed Dec 23 00:10:24 UTC 2015


Richard Eng wrote on Tue, 22 Dec 2015 06:11:12 -0500
> I have a suggestion for future Smalltalk advocates...
> [Squeak and Raspberry Pi contest idea]

One problem is that the standard Linux distributions (including those
optimized for the Pi) don't include a complete Squeak (or Pharo). An
option would be to create a new distribution just for such a contest. In
fact, it could be an extremely stripped down Linux focused exclusively
on running Squeak (like Dan Ingalls did for his weather station). One
advantage of that is that the boot time would be much smaller than what
people are used to. The only thing better than that would be SqueakNOS,
which would be a lot more work.

-- Jecel



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