[Vm-dev] Removing most of the windowing code

[Dimitris Chloupis]

Whats so special about pharo context and process  and how is that related
to embedding pharo ?

On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 7:22 PM Igor Stasenko <siguctua at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 29 November 2016 at 14:43, Ben Coman <btc at openinworld.com> wrote:
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> On Thu, Nov 24, 2016 at 10:06 PM, Ronie Salgado <roniesalg at gmail.com>
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> It is still needed to define a proper interface for embedding the VM. This
> interface should be a single .h file, with the highest level of abstraction
> possible. There are some other issues such as potential name clashes, and
> the fact that the VM symbols are public by default. At the bare minimum, it
> has to provide functions for initializing the VM, passing command line
> arguments, loading an image, running the image, and shutting down.
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> I don't know if its really suitable, but since Lua is the incumbent
> embedded gaming language, perhaps echoing it would make it easier to
> substitute ours for theirs.
> https://www.lua.org/pil/24.2.html
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> cheers -ben
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> well, the problem is that we're in a bit more difficult situation that
> Lua.. in Lua there's no processes/contexts..
> and if we would want implement an external message send i.e.  send message
> - get result, things not so straightforward as in Lua.
> it's all because it was never designed to be run in a host environment and
> be open from that end.
> that's why it is much easier to implement FFI, that C -> smalltalk API.
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> --
> Best regards,
> Igor Stasenko.
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