[Vm-dev] who can edit squeakvm.org?

Eliot Miranda eliot.miranda at gmail.com
Fri Apr 20 16:55:48 UTC 2018


On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 7:01 AM, Ron Teitelbaum <ron at usmedrec.com> wrote:

>
> Not sure if everyone agrees but fwiw,
>
> Latest virtual machines used in Squeak v3 and newer versions
>
> Might be better stated as
>
> Spur, Cog, Stack and Squeak v3 virtual machines.
>

And I would add something like "Spur is a new object representation for
images introduced in 2016 that is now used in current Squeak, Pharo and
Cuis releases."


>
> The suggestion is because not everyone knows what a V3 virtual machine is.
> IMO the purpose of this page is to get people to the latest Spur VM and
> therefore it should be the first thing mentioned.
>
> We might [also | instead] add a small description at the bottom
>
> * "v3" is the original object representation for Squeak as described in
> the <a href='http://ftp.squeak.org/docs/OOPSLA.Squeak.html'>back-to-the-future</a>
> paper
>

+1.


>
> All the best,
>
> Ron
>
> On Thu, Apr 19, 2018 at 2:17 AM, K K Subbu <kksubbu.ml at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> On Wednesday 18 April 2018 11:32 PM, Eliot Miranda wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Subbu,
>>>
>>
>> Can we please lose the "experimental"?  The distinction is between stable
>>> and tip, or stable and development.  Back when Spur was being developed it
>>> was an experiment.  Now it is a stable VM under development.  The same goes
>>> for the Cog V3 VM.
>>>
>>
>> How about this version? The page needs to be brief (but accurate) and
>> redirect any viewers to the main site where more detail may be presented.
>>
>> Regards .. Subbu
>>
>>
>
>


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best, Eliot
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