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Am Sonntag, 4. Mai 2003 23:28 schrieb Michael van der Gulik:

> - And  would it be possible to make a language-independant VM, perhaps
> with modifications to respective compilers, that could compile and
> interpret Squeak, ANSI Smalltalk or Squid. Redesigning a wheel is better
> than reinventing it.

yes, the idea is tempting. A while ago I asked myself how difficult it would 
be to create a Self environment, and run squeak images in it.
I mean: the Self VM is said to be spectacularly fast, and Self has all the 
advantages that Anthony wanted, and most of all: the Squeak stuff would not 
be lost.

regards,

nick
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