RE: re: reviewing the simulator fixes
"Andreas Raab" <[email protected]> Thu, 26 Jun 2003 20:44:11 +0200
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> Why is the simulator dependent on VMMaker? curious. Helloho ;-) The VM (e.g., the actual code seen in ObjectMemory and Interpreter) _are_ the simulator. What the simulator classes do is merely providing a few methods for stuff that we otherwise assume the C compiler does (longAt: ...) including nasty things that we don't have to worry about in Squeak (endianness anyone?). It's the "living spec" thing all along. If you have VMMaker you've got the VM and you can't simulate the interpreter without actually having it ;-) Amused, - Andreas