Loading a new image file into an already running session?

Lloyd Zusman ljz at asfast.com
Sun Nov 17 01:03:01 UTC 2002


Bob Arning <arning at charm.net> writes:

> 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

Ah ... thanks.  Now I'm excited to learn how to translate the code to C.

I'm not asking here how to do it ... I'll explore on my own.

All this is so much fun!  I think I'm going to soon be a Smalltalk
addict.

Are there any Smalltalk 12-step programs? :)

-- 
 Lloyd Zusman
 ljz at asfast.com



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