Hi Craig,

> 
> > Tim wrote:
> >
> > > > Maybe it would be better to just abandon the current image lineage
> > > > and jump ship to build this purely on top of Spoon?
> >
> > and you responded:
> >
> > > Yeah, let's do that one. :)
> >
> > I know you are seriously smiling here.
> >
> > Yeah, let's do that one !!!
> >
> > I don't know if you are serious enough to use your Spoon to scoop out
> > from the release Squeak 3.9 the KernelImage pioneered by Pavel and
> > post the system and instructions for reproducing it...
> 
>      Yes, I'm completely serious; but, unlike what I'm making, I don't
> think Pavel's image is really a kernel (it's not minimal). I think it's
> great if his work shows a way to delineate particular subsystems, though.
> 
 
	Yes, I agree.

	I think Pavel current work with his KernelImage is more
	than just a backbox shrinking.

	I think he recorded his journey and reported back to the captains
	to steer the ship towards a true kernel image.

	Hopefully the captains are not steering in the opposite directions
;-)

>      In general, I think "stripping" is a losing strategy. 

	I agree here too and I am not very comfortable at the thought
	of shrinking my image and being a stripper ;-)


> There's only one strip that matters for making a basis artifact, 
> and that's the one that gets to an absolutely minimal core. 

	You mean something like the KeyHole image ;-) 

> I hope no one has to do it again after I'm done. 

	I see Pavel's work and your work can be complimentary.	 

	I think Spoon is basically GIGO, and specifically SISO
	(Spaghetty In, Spaghetty Out ;-) no AI yet, right?

> From then on, the system should be composed of
> modules which can just be told to unload. The modules should worry about
> handling the ramifications of their dependencies (asking for human
> intervention only when absolutely necessary). It should be possible to
> compose any desired system by loading modules into the minimal core.
> 
>      As for the 3.9 image, that's just one of several sources of
> behavior that I plan to imprint onto the Spoon object memory. I plan to
> release Naiad for each one, so that people can imprint from them.
> 
> 

	I am quite anxious to see this happen.
 

> -C
> 
> p.s.
> 
>      I'm on the verge of another milestone: I have successfully removed
> all references to SystemDictionary and its sole instance from the
> minimal object memory, and my remote browsing tools work without
> referring to them as well. I'm about to remove them.
> 

	Good to hear.
 

> --
> Craig Latta
> http://netjam.org/resume
> 

	Cheers,

	PhiHo