The main issue is that it is complicated to embed the VM in C code.
That's due to how the VM is done.

Compared to TCL, where you can easily embed the interpreter in a C program, this is a problem.�http://wiki.tcl.tk/3474

Where you can embed the interpreter in a C program, you can do whatever integration you want.

Now, with NativeBoost, we can call C. The next challenge would be to be able to call Pharo from C by embedding the interpreter.

I am curious to �see what you guys think about this.

I would love to see things like mod_pharo (as there is mod_php, mod_perl, mod_tcl...) in Apache.





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On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 9:48 AM, kilon alios <kilon.alios@gmail.com> wrote:
please note that generating dlls alone wont be enough , plugins are compiled against a runtime or specific libraries (a Plugin SDK) and Smalltalk MT would have to be able to do that in order to be a viable solution. ��


On Mon, Dec 9, 2013 at 10:28 AM, St�phane Ducasse <stephane.ducasse@inria.fr> wrote:
You should think that they use their smalltalk for their projects.

Stef

On Dec 9, 2013, at 9:21 AM, Cl�ment Bera <bera.clement@gmail.com> wrote:

How can people even know Smalltalk MT still exist with their website and their communication ?

I looked at other Smalltalks a while ago, for Smalltalk MT I clicked on "what's new" on their website and I got that:

<Screen Shot 2013-12-09 at 9.18.11 AM.png>

Then I thought this Smalltalk was dead (nothing new in the past 4 years) and I didn't look any further.


2013/12/8 St�phane Ducasse <stephane.ducasse@inria.fr>

> Yes - still alive and kicking. But I'm sure you did not notice since there
> are no "big" announcements or advertising for it.
> ObjectConnect follows the "time is better invested into technology" strategy.
> It is one of the most interesting Smalltalks ever implemented.

http://www.objectconnect.com/stmt_overview.htm
I like the idea that you can get 50kb applications.
Now since this is a closed system and windows-centric.
But I like that it shows that Smalltalk does not have to be the image centric way.

>
> The newest ST/MT 6.3 version (now 64 bit) is from end of November 2013

Now it is not a community thing. :)
And the web site stop and 5.6 in 2009.

Last time I talk to tarrick he told me that he could control the "no gc in the next 250 frames on PS2"
but it was in 1998 :)


Stef