[squeak-dev] Re: n-core Smalltalk at work [Re: Hydra now can do mitosis]

Igor Stasenko siguctua at gmail.com
Fri Feb 27 20:59:23 UTC 2009


2009/2/27 John M McIntosh <johnmci at smalltalkconsulting.com>:
>
> On 27-Feb-09, at 9:25 AM, Igor Stasenko wrote:
>
>> Hydra wasn't ported on linux yet.
>> Initially i created a Win32 VM. Then Matthew Fulmer started linux
>> port, but it wasn't finished.
>> There is also a Mac port, made by John M McIntosh , and he reported
>> that he were able to run it.
>> But its not complete - a lot of plugins need additional porting.
>
>
> Last spring I ported Hyrda to the macintosh carbon VM, it ran, but there
> were problems with
> Sockets, plus it was a moving target, then Igor took some time off, so I
> shelved further effort.
>
> At thistime I don't see really building a new one (unless some has funding).
> Did I mention it's a moving target?
>
You are right, it is highly experimental, and initially was developed
as a proof of concept.

> However out of it I did separate out all the platform support API from what
> VMMaker generates
> and requires.  That effort then was folded into the iPhone VM and
> documentation on the isqueak.org site.
>
>
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> John M. McIntosh <johnmci at smalltalkconsulting.com>
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Best regards,
Igor Stasenko AKA sig.



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