> On 2020-05-29, at 12:05 PM, Jakob Reschke <forums.jakob at resfarm.de> wrote:
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> tim Rowledge <tim at rowledge.org> schrieb am Fr., 29. Mai 2020, 20:58:
> Could always do this dynamically; write out the file, compile and run, read results, set values. 
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> Obviously there might be a small problem with needing to have ffi working to call the OS routines to write the file etc in order to derive the type parameter sizes... :-) A bit more seriously one could do this as part of some install/run scripting that we have already touched on doing to derive the right VM for the chosen image file and OS etc.
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> You do not want to require a compiler being set up generally accessible on a Windows machine because, out of the box, the requirement is never met. ;-)
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> Don't want to install a C compiler to run Squeak on a fresh box.

But it's the Year of Linux on the Desktop! Nobody need ever use Windows again!

Also moderately seriously, I suspect that the values aren't so variable for Windows/Mac and thus running a suitable program once (maybe for 32 and 64 bit variants?) would be enough. 'nix runs across a lot of hardware and thus a test-on-site might be suitable.

tim
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