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tim
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Tim Rowledge, tim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, http://sumeru.stanford.edu/tim
I'm so skeptical that I'm not sure I'm really a skeptic





From C:\*.* to shining C:\*.*





From Squeak 1.2, 06/29/1997 4:42 PM.  Unfortunately, the .sources file
appears to be missing from the various sites that have a 1.2 image.

What would be nice, in my opinion, is some way of labeling the
"undocumented" methods in the 3.2 & 3.3 with the date where the method first
appeared in its current form.  Another nice to have would be a simple
revision history of the people who changed the method since its creation.
I'm not suggesting that we retain all of the old code (that would be
unnecessary bloat), but it would be nice to know if a particular method was
written by, say, Dan Ingalls, back in 1972.  :-)

An added benefit of a history mechanism, would be a list of developers who
were, at one time, familiar with the code that is currently kicking you in
the head.  <grin>

Questions?  Comments?

Cheers,

---==> Chris 




From b) we can derive that we need all "literal classes" (String,
Symbol, Integer, Float, Boolean, Association...)
From c) we can derive that we need MethodContext and BlockContext (plus
superclasses)
From d) we can derive that we need Process, Semaphore and
ProcessorScheduler (plus superclasses)

An extra worthwhile thought is about "Smalltalk specialObjectsArray"
which contains a number of well-known objects and classes (which for the
most part *must* be present).

Put them all into a big pot, stir a bit and see what happens ;-)

Cheers,
  - Andreas





From a technical standpoint it's a cool idea. But I really don't get what
this would buy the users: Everyone allready has an operating system
installed, and, hey, I like to use non-Squeak applikations without
rebooting!

And such a CD would *only* run in PCs. Not on my mac. 

Did you see the SqueakNews CDs? They work on Windows, Mac, Linux
and lots of other systems. No reboot required.

    Marcus


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Marcus Denker marcus@xxxxxxxxxx  -- Squeak! http://squeakland.org