Loading a new image file into an already running session?

Sun Nov 17 00:39:20 UTC 2002

On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 18:43:31 -0500 Lloyd Zusman <ljz at asfast.com> wrote:
>Of course, this now begs the following question:  what, then, is the
>purpose of the "readImageFromFile: HeapSize: StartingAt:" method of
>Interpreter?
>
>Or is this just some sort of relic from Smalltalk's prehistoric past in
>paleolithic California?

Lloyd,

It's no relic. The code you are looking at _is_ part of the Squeak interpreter/VM. This code is translated to C to produce the VM you are using now.

Cheers,
Bob