Hi,

Thanks, this is up at:

ftp://st.cs.uiuc.edu/Smalltalk/Squeak/3.7beta/mac/squeak3.7.4b1-mac-vm.s
it

cheers

bruce

John M McIntosh <johnmci at smalltalkconsulting.com> wrote:
> Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2004 22:45:02 -0700
> From: John M McIntosh <johnmci at smalltalkconsulting.com>
> Subject: Pending mac VM 3.7.4B1
> To: The general-purpose Squeak developers list <squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
> reply-to: The general-purpose Squeak developers list <squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
> 
> I've moved a mac vm 3.7.4b1 out based on Tim's latest VMMaker changes
> 
> Please find an early release at http://homepage.mac.com/johnmci/
> 
> Squeak 3.7.4Beta1.app.sit
> 
> I would be delighted if folks can test it.
> 
> 3.7.4b1			primitive Function Pointer goes into method cache logic,  
> better lookup times.
> 				Force Interrupt Check logic in VM to fix most/all? issues with  
> tight loops and keyboard interrupt logic.
> 				more sanity checks in displayBitsOfLeftTopRightBottom
> 				cleanup of flushExternalPrimitiveOf
> 				cleanup of oopFromChunk
> 				refactor pop then push to pop:thenPush:
> 				lookupMethodInDictionary refactor to make one loop looking, versus  
> perhaps two.
>   				mark/sweep logic or type, versus adding type (or is correct math)
> 				dispatchFunctionPointer logic
> 				rework primitiveScanCharacters logic
> 				add parm to VMparms to set interruptChecksEveryNms
> 				Fix bug in primitiveYield
> 
> LargeIntegersPlugin	add normalization logic
> 
> ZipPlugin			added primitiveUpdateAdler32 primitive
> 
> Note it seems a bit faster for message sends due to work on primitive  
> calling submitted by Tim
> in the latest VMMaker edition. Feedback on performance is welcome. I'll  
> ensure sourceforge
> changes (if any) go up on the weekend
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