Hello...
I'm back after about 2 months. (moving sucks)
Have I missed any messages that would be relevant to my earlier work? (fulltext index, new method cache, V4, Identity*** fixups)?
Scott
On 31 Jul 2002, Scott A Crosby wrote:
Hello...
I'm back after about 2 months. (moving sucks)
Have I missed any messages that would be relevant to my earlier work? (fulltext index, new method cache, V4, Identity*** fixups)?
You could say that. While you were gone, we held a vote and a period of to allow comments on the issue of getting rid of the Smalltalk in Squeak, and going to Java. Don't worry, Morphic will still be there, but you'll have to access it with Java. We did use your V4 work, though, so I'm sure it'll be very familiar.
We renamed Squeak to Jo-Jo, so now we have the usual group running Jo-Jo-Central. A month ago, SqC was purchased by Sun. The lot of them. Some people here seem to think that the switch from Smalltalk to Java has something to do with the buyout, but I find it unlikely. It was odd, but when we had the call for votes and comments, there was an overwhelming response *for* Java, from a lot of people I've never seen on this list. Funny thing is, replies to their emails bounced. Nothing suspicious there, I suppose.
The Jo-Jo deviates a bit from standard Java, noteworthy differences include:
1. No automagic garbage collection. Must call System.IO.memory.GC.fullGC(); or System.IO.memory.GC.singleGenerationGC(); whenever a GC seems appropriate.
2. No Swing, for now. Jo-JoC plans to migrate to all GUI stuff to Swing within the next year, though.
3. Weak typing. Like C pointers.
4. Operator Overloading (WOW!)
5. A lot more that everyone will tell you. Keep your eyes open, a lot of work is going on on this front, and there will be a swiki up soon!
Regards, Aaron
- A lot more that everyone will tell you. Keep your eyes open, a lot of
work is going on on this front, and there will be a swiki up soon!
Uh, actually a Jo-Jokie, but old habits can be tough to shed.
The inclusion of StarOffice in the image -- well, I guess you might say the replacement of StarOffice FOR the "legacy" image -- offers users tons of new character-mode options.
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Aaron wrote:
On 31 Jul 2002, Scott A Crosby wrote:
Hello...
I'm back after about 2 months. (moving sucks)
Have I missed any messages that would be relevant to my earlier work? (fulltext index, new method cache, V4, Identity*** fixups)?
You could say that. While you were gone, we held a vote and a period of to allow comments on the issue of getting rid of the Smalltalk in Squeak, and going to Java. Don't worry, Morphic will still be there, but you'll have to access it with Java. We did use your V4 work, though, so I'm sure it'll be very familiar.
We renamed Squeak to Jo-Jo, so now we have the usual group running Jo-Jo-Central. A month ago, SqC was purchased by Sun. The lot of them. Some people here seem to think that the switch from Smalltalk to Java has something to do with the buyout, but I find it unlikely. It was odd, but when we had the call for votes and comments, there was an overwhelming response *for* Java, from a lot of people I've never seen on this list. Funny thing is, replies to their emails bounced. Nothing suspicious there, I suppose.
The Jo-Jo deviates a bit from standard Java, noteworthy differences include:
- No automagic garbage collection. Must call
System.IO.memory.GC.fullGC(); or System.IO.memory.GC.singleGenerationGC(); whenever a GC seems appropriate.
- No Swing, for now. Jo-JoC plans to migrate to all GUI stuff to Swing
within the next year, though.
Weak typing. Like C pointers.
Operator Overloading (WOW!)
A lot more that everyone will tell you. Keep your eyes open, a lot of
work is going on on this front, and there will be a swiki up soon!
I wish people would quit calling it a "swiki". It's a joki now!
:)
*giggle*
- A.
-----Original Message----- From: squeak-dev-admin@lists.squeakfoundation.org [mailto:squeak-dev-admin@lists.squeakfoundation.org] On Behalf Of Aaron Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 9:33 PM To: squeak-dev@lists.squeakfoundation.org Subject: Re: Hello... I'm back, did I miss anything?
On 31 Jul 2002, Scott A Crosby wrote:
Hello...
I'm back after about 2 months. (moving sucks)
Have I missed any messages that would be relevant to my
earlier work?
(fulltext index, new method cache, V4, Identity*** fixups)?
You could say that. While you were gone, we held a vote and a period of to allow comments on the issue of getting rid of the Smalltalk in Squeak, and going to Java. Don't worry, Morphic will still be there, but you'll have to access it with Java. We did use your V4 work, though, so I'm sure it'll be very familiar.
We renamed Squeak to Jo-Jo, so now we have the usual group running Jo-Jo-Central. A month ago, SqC was purchased by Sun. The lot of them. Some people here seem to think that the switch from Smalltalk to Java has something to do with the buyout, but I find it unlikely. It was odd, but when we had the call for votes and comments, there was an overwhelming response *for* Java, from a lot of people I've never seen on this list. Funny thing is, replies to their emails bounced. Nothing suspicious there, I suppose.
The Jo-Jo deviates a bit from standard Java, noteworthy differences include:
- No automagic garbage collection. Must call
System.IO.memory.GC.fullGC(); or System.IO.memory.GC.singleGenerationGC(); whenever a GC seems appropriate.
- No Swing, for now. Jo-JoC plans to migrate to all GUI
stuff to Swing within the next year, though.
Weak typing. Like C pointers.
Operator Overloading (WOW!)
A lot more that everyone will tell you. Keep your eyes
open, a lot of work is going on on this front, and there will be a swiki up soon!
Regards, Aaron
On 31 Jul 2002, Scott A Crosby wrote:
Hello...
I'm back after about 2 months. (moving sucks)
Have I missed any messages that would be relevant to my earlier work? (fulltext index, new method cache, V4, Identity*** fixups)?
You also missed the jpeg that Aaron posted to the list of him in his Flintstone boxers after an all night drinking binge. You can find it on the list archives or on its own dedicated swiki, er, joki, page.
On Wed, 31 Jul 2002, Jason Dufair wrote:
Have I missed any messages that would be relevant to my earlier work? (fulltext index, new method cache, V4, Identity*** fixups)?
You also missed the jpeg that Aaron posted to the list of him in his Flintstone boxers after an all night drinking binge. You can find it on the list archives or on its own dedicated swiki, er, joki, page.
There's no reason to bring that up again! :/ I said it before and I'll say it again: I wasn't the one who posted it! I think Brian hacked into my Nebraska server and did it with my knowning. *shakes fist at sky*
Regards, Aaron
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