[squeak-dev] Squeak 4.6 -- 2nd release candidate

Tobias Pape Das.Linux at gmx.de
Wed Jul 8 13:20:17 UTC 2015


Hi Eliot

On 07.07.2015, at 23:07, Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Tobias,
> 
> On Tue, Jul 7, 2015 at 8:31 AM, Tobias Pape <Das.Linux at gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> On 07.07.2015, at 17:26, Chris Muller <asqueaker at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> >>> Interpreter VM will not be able to run Spur images going forward.
> >>
> >> Pardon?
> >
> > Download latest Spur image and changes:
> >
> >    http://www.mirandabanda.org/files/Cog/VM/SpurImages/trunk46-spur.image
> >
> >   http://www.mirandabanda.org/files/Cog/VM/SpurImages/trunk46-spur.changes
> >
> > and latest interpreter VM.  Then try:
> >
> >   squeak trunk46-spur.image
> >
> > Results:
> >
> > This interpreter (vers. 0) cannot read image file (vers. 6521).
> > Press CR to quit...
> 
> 
> Well, your sentence sounded as if there's no intention of making the interpreter
> VM SPUR-aware whatsoever. Surely I got that wrong, didn't I?
> 
> I certainly hope so!  I ant the Interpreter VM to be able to use the Spur memory manager.  But that will realy force a merge of VMMaker and VMMaker.oscog and right now I don't see we have a lot of resource. Volunteers are /very/ welcome!
>  

Thanks for pointing that out :)
I was a bit confused and I'm glad we have a nice plan :)
Best regards
	-Tobias



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