Squeak (file system & project structure) newbie questions
Bert Freudenberg
bert at impara.de
Tue Oct 25 19:50:15 UTC 2005
Am 24.10.2005 um 23:23 schrieb Craig Latta:
>
> Hi Bert--
>
> > ...we could now extend the idea of projects to "larger" applications
> > involving both live objects and larger chunks of costume code, but
> > AFAIK nobody has done any real work in that direction, yet.
>
> I have. Spoon object memories synchronize themselves by
> negotiating directly, using remote messages. Any object in any
> memory can send any message with any parameters to any object in
> any other memory. Each parameter can be any object in any memory.
> Each memory can be on the local machine or elsewhere on the network.
>
> So you can, for example, install compiled methods directly
> without having to recompile source code, transfer initial values
> for class variables without running class "initialize" methods,
> etc. I'm using these sorts of abilities to make a change management
> system called Naiad ("Name And Identity Are Distinct").
>
> I'm preparing the 1 alpha 9 release of Spoon currently.
Oh, that's right of course. But I actually meant extending projects
with better functionality for Smalltalk programmers, an incremental
change rather than the revolution you're preparing :)
- Bert -
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