Status of Strongtalk C++ code: VM stability and progress on a graphical debugger

I want to build Strongtalk from C++ (without any dependencies on
assembler).  I understand from the last thread ending on 2007-04-26
that the assembler portions have been removed and recoded as C++.  If
this is correct, then where can I download the most current source and
an associated Visual Studio project file (if one exists)?

More generally, can someone point me to the reference page of
instructions on what C++ dev-environs are best used (I'll be using
VS .NET, unless I get other advice), compiling options, where to get
the actual CPP source files and how to best organize them in a VS
project.  I too am trying to get a clean compile "from scratch" in the
sense of knowing that I can start with just some C++ files and get a
working, stable image, at least at startup.

Speaking of stability, where are we?  How serious are the remaining
problems in the VM?  Are we aware of most the problems that cause
crashes, or are we still trying to track them down?  Does someone
maintain a page logging (with timestamps) investigations/descriptions
of serious bugs?

Concerning a graphical debugger, where are we?  Has anyone done any
work in this direction? This seems to be the biggest impediment to
getting other things done in Strongtalk, like improving the GUI.
Specifically, I want a regular class-hierarchy browser, like Dolphin's
or VW's.  I'm willing to build one, but can't get much done without a
good debugger.  So a working graphical debugger (even if very simple)
seems to be the main project, apart from fixing stability-related
issues in the VM.

A more modest objective:  Are there examples/instructions somewhere on
efficiently using Strongtalk's simple command-line debugger?  I
suppose that a better one could be grown from this one, as a first
approach.

Any comments/details on these issues are welcome.


Regards,

Shaping


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