[squeak-dev] VM team update

Bert Freudenberg bert at freudenbergs.de
Mon Apr 12 08:44:12 UTC 2010


On 11.04.2010, at 23:35, David T. Lewis wrote:
> 
> Folks,
> 
> We are in the midst of a flurry of activity to update the virtual machines
> for Mac, Windows and Unix in support of upcoming Squeak and Pharo releases.
> These VMs all will include Eliot Miranda's block closure support, as well
> as a large number of updates, bug fixes, and enhancements. There have been
> many significant updates to all of the major platforms, and I will not
> attempt to do justice to all of these. That said, the revision logs for
> the VMMaker package provide an overview of many of the changes, so I am
> attaching an update log below.
> 
> It is worth noting here that John McIntosh has announced a new code base
> for Mac VMs (in addition to his iPhone VM work) with expanded 64-bit
> support.  This will be the basis for future Mac VM releases following
> the current round of updates.
> 
> Following is a change log of the VMMaker package updates, starting with
> current version, and going back to the introduction of block closure
> support in early 2009.
> 
> - Dave


Thanks Dave! Great news from the engine room :)

You're doing an awesome job herding the cats across platforms ;)

- Bert -




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