At Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:31:26 -0500,
Ralph Johnson wrote:
> 
> Pavel Krivanek
> http://www.comtalk.eu/Squeak/98
> 
> On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 4:09 AM, Yoshiki Ohshima <yoshiki at vpri.org> wrote:
> 
> >  - Write a compiler in another language.  That can generates the bits
> >    that are same as CompiledMethods.  For a class definition, it
> >    creates (yes) the network of pointers.
> >
> >  - The compiler sticks the class definitions, method dictionaries,
> >    subclass structure, and compiled methods into a big "int*" array.
> >    The goal is to make that something just run, so for example, the
> >    stuff managed by ClassDescription (instanceVariable names and
> >    organization) don't have to be compiled.  Stuff like the source
> >    pointer is not needed at this stage.
> 
> The compiler doesn't have to be in another language.  What is
> important is that the compiler builds a Squeak image from a text file.
>  The compiler can be written in Smalltalk as long as it uses only the
> class definitions in the test file, not in the compiler's image.

  This is more or less settled but...

  If the compiler is written in Smalltalk, we would have a binary
image to store the compiler; and some people wouldn't like it.
Nonetheless, it can be in Slang and we can just show the translated C
code as if it is the "egg".

-- Yoshiki