Hi Eliot,

it's funny that this problem seems to bite other VMs, too :) PyPy and
RSqueak have the same issue.


On 17 June 2016 at 16:17, Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Karl,
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> On Jun 17, 2016, at 6:22 AM, karl ramberg <karlramberg at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Will Win x64 VM be built also ?
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> Not yet.  No one has done the work to produce this.  And because Microsoft
> in their infinite wisdom have chosen to make sizeof(long) = 4 in their
> 64-bit model, not 8 as everyone else has, means that we will have
> significant problems generating sources that will work.
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> Best,
> Karl
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> On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 7:26 PM, Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda at gmail.com>
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>> Hi all,
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>> we are all finished importing the VM repository to Github, migrating the
>> scripts, and setting up automatic builds and hosting of binaries.  We want
>> to switch over from SVN tomorrow morning at 7am UTC. At that point, Tim and
>> Fabio will merge any remaining commits on the SVN repository between now and
>> that time and any further development will take place on Github.  If
>> possible, you may refrain from committing to SVN, as this will mean less
>> work for Tim and Fabio.
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>> The new repository is at https://github.com/OpenSmalltalk/vm. The Cog
>> branch is the new default branch and is still called Cog, this is the main
>> focus of development. The old trunk branch has been renamed to "oldTrunk".
>> The master branch will track the Cog branch and will be the repository
>> integrated into for releases.
>>
>> To get started, please refer to the updated README that is shown on the
>> Github page.
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>> _,,,^..^,,,_
>> best, Eliot, Tim & Fabio
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