Ah, so the GC in the VM swizzles the pointers out from under you.<div><br></div><div><a href="http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeak-dev/1999-June/006170.html">http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/pipermail/squeak-dev/1999-June/006170.html</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Is the above a good summary?</div><div><br></div><div> - Ron<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 10:20 PM, Craig Latta <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:craig@netjam.org">craig@netjam.org</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Hi Ron--<br>
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> ...why call a thing 'pointer' without being able to dereference it?<br>
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OOP manipulation happens in the virtual machine; or rather, at the<br>
level where there is no garbage collector beneath you, swizzling them. :)<br>
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-C<br>
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