[Vm-dev] Cog/JIT/Stack/VM .. executable names
stephane ducasse
stephane.ducasse at gmail.com
Sun Mar 20 08:38:24 UTC 2011
what means MT?
Stef
On Mar 19, 2011, at 11:03 PM, Igor Stasenko wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> there is an explosion of different kinds of VM we're building today..
> and i think it would be nice to use different names for them.
> Currently i am using following naming scheme:
>
> - VMs based on StackInterpreter:
> StackVM
>
> - VMs with JIT
> Cog
>
> - VMs with JIT + MT
> CogMT
>
> i am open for suggestions of giving better/proper names.
>
> Maybe for end-user it is not important to use different names
> (squeak.. yeah.. this is squeak.. who cares)..
> but when testing VMs and/or opening older images with proper VMs it
> turns into a puzzle game.
> Also, i think that Cog is good name and executables deserve to carry
> this name (instead of squeak or croquet).
> That's why i'm not questioning whether new VMs should use different
> names. I am only questioning which names we should use :)
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Igor Stasenko AKA sig.
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