On 27/03/20 11:42 PM, David T. Lewis wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 10:19:57PM +0530, K K Subbu wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> With Apple dropping support for 32-bit apps in Catalina, what is the
>> recommended way to work with Squeak 6502 images? The mac builds in
>> files.squeak.org/3.8 will not work anymore.
> 
> The interpreter VM is a 64 bit app running 32 bit images, so no
> issues with 32-bit support. However, I expect that there will be
> problems compiling on the newer llvm toolset, so I don't know if
> a freshly compiled VM will work on Catalina.

Is there a pre-built 64b VM on Mac OS that could be made available on 
files.squeak.org or on squeakvm.org? It would benefit many students who 
use Macs to study VMMaker. Cog+ versions are too complex for beginner 
students.

The current workaround is to run it in Ubuntu virtual PC on a Mac, but 
it shouldn't be this hard.

I wonder how other students are coping with this situation.

> The SqueakJS VM is a good choice in many cases, and it does run
> 6502 images.
Yes, but it is not a good option for beginners. Running it off the net 
makes it sluggish and running it off a local server is not trivial (due 
to CORS restrictions).

Regards .. Subbu