[Vm-dev] Re: Immutability, newspeak (was: Vm-dev post from jbaptiste.arnaud@gmail.com requires approval)

[David T. Lewis]

On Tue, Jun 08, 2010 at 11:01:28AM +0200, Jean Baptiste Arnaud wrote:
> 
> Hi, 
> I extract the code of The immutability bit from Newspeak.
> I have do a first step :
> 
> - I have the same test from Newspeak image :
> 		- Pass the test as Newspeak image.
> 
> Use the same bit and the same primitive numbers from Newspeak.
> Do it from a Pharo image:
> 
> Pharo-1.0
> Latest update: #10517
> on a VMMaker 170 version (the code have Pharo patch and Alien-VMMaker-Support).
> 
> I send the code if that interest some people.
> You can give me feedback, recommendation.
> 
> The VMMaker 
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7879914/Immutability/VMMaker-jb.172.mcz
> 
> Image Side 
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7879914/Immutability/ImageSide.zip

Thanks!

What do the VM developers think with respect adopting the VM changes?
The immutability bit is a scarce resource. Is it OK to allocate it
for this purpose or are there likely to be other projects interested
in using it for other reasons?

Dave