Hi Folks,


I am reading http://www.esug.org/data/Articles/misc/oopsla99-contexts.pdf   in the hopes of upping my game regarding Smalltalk in general.

From the Abstract in the above link, is this sentence...
Smalltalk-80 provides a reification of execution state in the form of context objects which represent procedure activation records. 
A search for 'activation records (https://search.brave.com/search?q=procedure+activation+records&source=desktop)  states that they are synonymous with stack-frames.

but the sentence in the abastract suggests a level of abstraction between the actual "stack-frame" and the "reification of execution state in the form of context objects"

is this suggestion true?


Furthermore, pointers for more basic reading on this stuff would be helpful.

cordially

tty