[Vm-dev] [OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm] Add accurate check for console stdio + add associated primitive (#254)

David T. Lewis lewis at mail.msen.com
Sat May 12 13:57:19 UTC 2018


On Sat, May 12, 2018 at 10:42:54AM +0200, Norbert Hartl wrote:
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> > Am 11.05.2018 um 23:53 schrieb tim Rowledge <tim at rowledge.org>:
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> >> On 11-05-2018, at 10:36 AM, akgrant43 <notifications at github.com> wrote:
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> >> In platforms/RiscOS/plugins/FilePlugin/sqFilePluginBasicPrims.c:
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> > Nice to see someone else caring for RISC OS :-)
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> Yes, but what for?
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Because portability of the VM is important, and RISC OS is the only
supported platform that is not a Unix derivative. Even the Windows
VM looks rather unixy from the VM point of view.

The only way to know if something is portable is to actually port it.

SqueakJS is another useful reference point in this regard.

Dave



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