[squeak-dev] Open Croquet will ahve issues in next version of Mac OS X

David T. Lewis lewis at mail.msen.com
Mon Oct 22 23:36:31 UTC 2018


Hi Lawson,

On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 01:24:16PM -0700, LawsonEnglish wrote:
> https://blog.krestianstvo.org/en/open-croquet-for-squeak-6/ <https://blog.krestianstvo.org/en/open-croquet-for-squeak-6/>
> 
> 
> This sounds really cool, but there???s an issue coming up:
> 
> Apple is doing away with ANY support for 32-bit apps and plugins and of course, Croquet is built for 32-bits and uses 32-bit plugins all over the place.
> 

We collectively have a good deal of experience in updating plugins
for 64 bits, and of course the VMs (the "application") are already
there. Can you remind us what plugins are needed for Croquet that are
not already in the supported VMs?

Thanks,
Dave



> 
> 
> Croquet could STILL be the killer-app for Smalltalk even though it never realized its potential in the past, and it won???t be able to if something isn???t done about the looming 32-bit vs 64-bit issue.
> 
> Need I point out that it should work on Pharo just the same way it does on Squeak?
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> L
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