Hi Marcel,


mainly because of its speed, I guess. I don't think that we could simulate older Squeak VMs inside SqueakJS. In general, I think the idea is cool, but wouldn't webasm be significantly faster?


Best,

Christoph

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Von: Squeak-dev <squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org> im Auftrag von Taeumel, Marcel
Gesendet: Montag, 26. April 2021 08:34:56
An: squeak-dev
Betreff: Re: [squeak-dev] Smalltalk Zoo not written in Smalltalk

Hi Christoph.

> Is it time to make OSVM ready for webasm? Excited to hear your thoughts ...

Why is SqueakJS (https://squeak.js.org/) not what you are looking for?

Best,
Marcel

Am 25.04.2021 20:41:17 schrieb Thiede, Christoph <christoph.thiede at student.hpi.uni-potsdam.de>:

Hi all,


just a short and curious questions, but not guaranteed to be completely unprovoking. :-) Why is Smalltalk Zoo, the virtual exhibition which compares different milestones in the history of Squeak/Smalltalk, not implemented in Smalltalk itself but in JavaScript, a language which cannot compile itself, is quite the oppposite of Smalltalk in terms of clearness of expression, and escapes control of the actual application? While I love the idea in general, I think it's a shame that the zoo of a language that aims to be implemented in itself is not implemented in that language itself. :D


Is it time to make OSVM ready for webasm? Excited to hear your thoughts ...


Best,

Christoph
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