[Vm-dev] regression: TestObjectsAsMethods crash in 4.19.5 (not in 4.16.7)

[Nicolas Cellier]

Hi all,
just FYI, I had to use a numbered primitive for highBit because to my
knowledge, named primitives cannot be jitted yet...
And the main interest for this primitive is to be jitted.
https://github.com/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm/issues/418

Le sam. 20 mars 2021 à 23:14, David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com> a écrit :
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> On Sat, Mar 20, 2021 at 08:14:30PM +0100, stes at PANDORA.BE wrote:
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> > Also I'll try to test SqueakJS which is something I have no experience with,
> > at all (JS = Javascript).
> >
> > As far as I understand, SqueakJS is a Javascript runtime for Squeak.
> >
> > I'll try to test that as well ...
> >
> > I'm learning about all the different runtimes ...
> >
> >   - squeak-5 (OpenSmalltalk) and squeak-5 Cog Spur (COG VM)
> >   - squeak-4 classical VM
> >   - squeakJS javascript
> >
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> I certainly encourage you to get acquainted with SqueakJS. It is not the
> fastest VM for Squeak, but is it certainly the most portable with respect
> to supporting various Squeak images, and it demonstrates that the virtual
> machine that runs the Squeak image does not necessarily need to be tied
> to any specific operating system or implementation language.
>
> Dave
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