[Vm-dev] RE: Strongtalk VM for Squeak?

[Klaus D. Witzel]

Hi David,

on Sun, 17 Sep 2006 07:11:33 +0200, you wrote:
> Hi Craig,
>
> - I wouldn't dream of proposing that Squeak dump its self-hosting
> properties.  In the short term, I think a better approach would be to  
> factor
> out some kind of common VM interface so that people can plug-in  
> whichever VM
> they want.
>
> In the medium term, porting Strongtalk can be done more easily by  
> starting
> with just the interpreter and no compiler; the system runs just fine that
> way, and then all the really complicated stuff like deoptimization etc  
> can
> be deferred.

I think what Strongtalk VM and Squeak VM already have in common is demand  
for a powerful ObjectMemory implementation (the superclass of Squeak's  
interpreter).

Would you say that this can be a good subproject to start with, all in  
Slang.

/Klaus