[Vm-dev] Strongtalk VM for Squeak?
Andreas Raab
andreas.raab at gmx.de
Fri Sep 15 22:43:35 UTC 2006
I think a project like this would need some champion. Having a
Strongtalk VM would be wonderful but it's likely to be a lot of work and
if I look around I don't see a lot of people with spare time at their
disposal.
Cheers,
- Andreas
David Griswold wrote:
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> Hi Squeak VMers,
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> I would like to start a dialog about the possiblity of joining forces,
> perhaps with the goal of producing a version of the Strongtalk VM for
> Squeak.
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> Our problem over here is that the release of the VM source isn't very
> well timed, since no one from the original Strongtalk team has the time
> or inclination to support a full-blown open source effort to get the
> whole Strongtalk system finished and usable as a separate version of
> Smalltalk. It may turn out that Gilad Bracha can get some Sun funding
> to get a few VM engineers going on it, but that is speculation at this
> point.
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> Personally, I just want to follow the fastest path to getting an
> open-source Smalltalk with this VM technology out there. If there is
> enough interest from Squeak VM-land, I would prefer to refocus energy
> from the Strongtalk community towards helping get Squeak up and running
> on our VM, porting it, etc.
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> What is the thinking in Squeak-land about this?
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> Cheers,
> Dave
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