[squeak-dev] [Ann] Cuis: A new Squeak distribution

Juan Vuletich juan at jvuletich.org
Sat Mar 28 03:24:08 UTC 2009


Keith Hodges wrote:
>>> chines, PDAs and embedded devices.
>>>
>>> I hope you like it.
>>>
>>>     
>>>       
>> Wow.. what a surprise :)
>>
>> A note in 'About Cuis' states:
>> [[
>> The first outcome of that team splitting of Morphic in several
>> packages. As the Squeak community wasn't willing to start dropping
>> complexity (and functionality), we decided to maintain our own image.
>> ]]
>>
>> I think this is not the case today. I'm always thinking that splitting
>> Morphic onto separate parts would be best way towards modularity.
>>   
>>     
> Agreed,
>
> I think that many forkers are misreading completely what the "Squeak
> Community" is willing or wants to do, as opposed to what we are able to do.
>
> In the light of potential alternatives to Morphic (i.e. Juan's Morphic
> 3.0) my view of the way ahead is to move squeak in a direction where it
> is possible to unload Morphic and load something else.
>
>   
That is of course what Cuis and Morphic 3 is all about.

> To achieve this I have always considered the first requirement to be
> atomic loading and better tools.
>
> Keith
>
>   
I have always considered that the important part is to start removing 
stuff, and clean and understand well what's left in. So, I just do it.

Cheers,
Juan Vuletichh



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