[Vm-dev] Re: [Pharo-dev] running the vm from within a dll

[Clément Bera]

Hello,

In short this is possible but there are several things to do before we are
able to compile the VM as a dynamic library. No one is currently working on
it right now because there are limited resources in the VM development and
the focus is on other topics (x86_64 and ARM port as well as JIT
optimizations). The android VM is working and it may be a good start.

If you're interested in doing it, I cc vm-dev were people can detail you
what has exactly to be done.

Best,

Clement

2015-04-24 18:06 GMT+02:00 Stefan Krecher <stefan.krecher at googlemail.com>:

> Hi all,
> i know this topic was discussed from time to time but I'm not sure if
> there is a simple answer.
> Can the VM be compiled to a windows dll, so pharo could get started from
> another dll and would exchange events?
> It is probably a similar approach to the one Andreas Raab did for the
> android/ squeak port back in 2010.
> He compiled squeak as a shared library and started it on Android via a
> Java wrapper.
> I had a short conversation on that with Andreas on this years ago and it
> sounded very easy. I had the impression that he did this on one evening and
> it just worked. The code looked simple too.
> But maybe it was that easy because Andreas was a super-smart guy ...
> Anyway - would this architecture fit with a dll-scario (having a dll that
> starts pharo, which itself runs in a dll)?
> Regards
> Stefan
>
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