[Vm-beginners] Simulator 2

[Chris Cunnington]

I think I created a better rig. Leaving Cog out of the picture seems to 
work better.

A standard image from squeak.org with VMMaker loaded in from 
MetacelloRepository.

I create a fullscreen stimulator.image with the code in the workspace:

/(InterpreterSimulatorLSB new openOn: 'source.image') test/

Then open the stimulator image and execute. I get the satisfying "Object 
Pointer Relocating" message and it's on its way.

I then get a ByteSymbol>>coerceTo:sim: error stemming from 
Interpreter>>addNewMethodToCache

While this could work, I don't get the impression that this is how 
people hack the vm: activating the simulator; getting the satisfactory 
image; generate C files to compile.

I bet people hack the methods in the Interpreter class directly. I bet 
that's faster than getting the simulator to work and then doing things 
in slow motion with the slow simulator.

The simulator is more historical than practical, I'm thinking.

Chris
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