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

Hi Shaping,


I'm glad you like what you've seen of Newspeak so far.

On Sun, May 18, 2008 at 2:52 AM, Shaping <[email protected]> wrote:

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> Does the current Newspeak in Squeak have a method formatter and syntax
> colorizer?


We have a syntax colorizer; You can see the syntax coloring in some of the
screenshots, and in the video of my talk at HPI in Potsdam.  The native
 version doesn't colorize yet, as native text support is still being
refined. But it will in the foreseeable future.

There is no method formatter right now. It is pretty easy to add one,
especially since the grammar is a shared executable spec that can be
subclassed (see my blog posts on parser combinators and executable
grammars).

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> What is the next step in getting Strongtalk into a suitable state for
> integration with (or de-Squeaking) Newspeak?


I assume you mean functionality as opposed to robustness. Support for
become:, including a group become: a la Squeak, and a one-way (type safe)
become:. The latter two are easy if you get the first working.
A correct implementation of  doesNotUnderstand: is necessary as well.  I
understand some people on the list are looking at these issues.

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> Is the current Strongtalk licensing a problem?


No, as long as it is BSD it should not pose difficulties.

-- 
Cheers, Gilad

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