Hello. I'm new here and so thought I would introduce myself.
I've been working off & on in/with/on various implimentations and incarnations of Smalltalk since '91.
I'just recently discovered Squeak.... it's fantastic. It has the clean lines of the original Smalltalk-80 that originally caught my attention. I'm especially impressed with the extension of the Smalltalk principle of reflexion taken to the full extent.. the VM itself. I've started a project to build a version of Rod Brooks Behaviour language (tentatively called "Behave Yourself" :-) and a subsumption architecture VM in Squeak (I had recently begun in VWNC). I've switched to Squeak due to a) it's openness, and b) the VM building support that is built in. A Smalltalk implementation of the Virtual Subsumpton Machine (VSM) was going to be a central feature of the system, with a handcrafted C version developed for use on embedded hardware. Now, with the Squeak tools, the C version can be generated.
And lastly, Squeak has the "fun" feel that Smalltalk-80 had.. that has been lost in VW, VA, etc.
Dave
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I'just recently discovered Squeak.... it's fantastic.
That might be... but of what I've seen so far I'm very surprised about the design... or the lack of rather.
I'm sure there are loads of people out there willing to give ya a hand... or just stay with the plain stuff...
/ jakob
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Dave Astels wrote:
Hello. I'm new here and so thought I would introduce myself.
I've been working off & on in/with/on various implimentations and incarnations of Smalltalk since '91.
I'just recently discovered Squeak.... it's fantastic. It has the clean lines of the original Smalltalk-80 that originally caught my attention. I'm especially impressed with the extension of the Smalltalk principle of reflexion taken to the full extent.. the VM itself. I've started a project to build a version of Rod Brooks Behaviour language (tentatively called "Behave Yourself" :-) and a subsumption architecture VM in Squeak (I had recently begun in VWNC). I've switched to Squeak due to a) it's openness, and b) the VM building support that is built in. A Smalltalk implementation of the Virtual Subsumpton Machine (VSM) was going to be a central feature of the system, with a handcrafted C version developed for use on embedded hardware. Now, with the Squeak tools, the C version can be generated.
This sounds pretty neat! At the risk of distracting myself, would you like to expound a bit more on your project? I have only a passing familiarity with Brook's subsumption architecture, but the possibilities it presents for developing simple, robust control systems is most interesting.
-- Dwight
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