On 30-12-2013, at 1:01 PM, Nicolas Cellier <nicolas.cellier.aka.nice at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2013/12/30 Chris Muller <asqueaker at gmail.com>
> One thing we've been saying is that a small-kernel of a Smalltalk
> system should be able to expand itself.  So, I'm just wondering
> whether file-in should not be part of Kernel or whether System is
> destined to be part of that small-kernel Smalltalk system..?
> 
> But fileIn requires a Compiler, and a Compiler does not have to be in a small kernel right?

Craig has already shown that filing in with a compiler is not the only and certainly not necessarily the best way to expand a running system.

tim
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