Hi:
On 18 Mar 2015, at 20:17, tim Rowledge tim@rowledge.org wrote:
On 18-03-2015, at 12:10 PM, Eliot Miranda eliot.miranda@gmail.com wrote:
At least it doesn't use BitBlt. Its got much less dependencies than the existing code and is much simpler. Isn't that worth something?
No need to use Bitmap if that’s a real problem - make a trivial class that is ArrayedCollection variableWordSubclass:#EndianTestThing and use that.
Shouldn’t the VM should abstract from such things? Why is there a need for this knowledge on the application side?
I guess, it is needed for low-level hacking at the language level? But even if there is a good use case, this is information about the underlying system, and the VM should at least mediate reliably with a proper interface. All other solutions rely on an undefined implicit interface.
Best regards Stefan