On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Marcus Denker <marcus.denker@inria.fr> wrote:
On May 2, 2011, at 8:53 PM, Ted F.A. van Gaalen wrote:
Hi Marcus Ok, that makes it certain that I really have to move my packages to newer images if I want to sustain through the years, doesn't it?
Or it would mean to change the meaning (or on some level: the implementation) of the concept of the Image... you could have something that is more a declarative specification of a frozen object graph. But without the low-level details, and then reconstruct the object graph of the image at startup.
Arrghh! I have to look this up, this goes beyond my current knowledge (possibly also my intelligence..) Could we learn from DNA structure?
But, the VM that would allow that would *not* be able to run existing images of today.
So I am actually not against what you want... I think that in 2019 we will actually have a system that can do exactly what you want.
You are an optimist, Markus :o) besides I don't yet know what I want in =>2019 :o)
But the nirvana
nirvana inspect.
of a system that supports sofware evolution in a deep way can not be achieved with being compatible with what we have now.
We need to change (and destructively improve) our system if we want to go there. I will certainly not associate the above line of yours with the French Revolution, oh I just did :o) Leave out the guillotine part, thanks. It's a Model though: If France c'est ok today, then Pharo will be also. :o) Regards Ted