Alan,

Spell it right - if you ask google for prim_I_tives instead of prim_A_tives
you'll end up with whole lot of information.

Cheers,
  - Andreas

> -----Original Message-----
> From: squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org 
> [mailto:squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org] On 
> Behalf Of Alan Grimes
> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 4:17 AM
> To: squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org
> Subject: unfinished swiki page...
> 
> 
> In persuit of my linear-framebuffer effort, I realized I 
> needed to know 
> alot more about squeak primatives with the intent of gaining a better 
> understanding of what the VM expects of any display driver...
> 
> I hit the swiki with that question and found this rather amusing page 
> from 1999: http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/603
> 
> I, myself, don't yet understand what primatives are enough 
> yet to write 
> any acceptably good documentation as the page requests... I 
> would hope 
> that one of the VM h4x0rs would at least describe the zen of 
> primatives 
> in a few paragraphs and then maybe paste in the relevant 
> portions of the 
> interprEter and other source files...
> 
>  From there morons such as myself might be able to make some 
> contribution to the effort.
> 
>