Well, yes, I have not much use for this in my projects. The example of
FFI, however, it great to find.
thanks so much ^^
Robert
On 10/14/2015 12:48 PM, Dimitris Chloupis wrote:
So to summarise the great thing about NB is that it does assembly code
with pharo syntax, the bad thing about NB is that it does assembly code
with pharo syntax.
Of course there are not that many people around to be sane enough to
write assembly , so of course it will be removed at some point.
On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 7:36 PM Robert Withers
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Awesome! SO you can do emulation. That's fantastic.
thanks so much ^^
Robert
On 10/14/2015 12:30 PM, Esteban Lorenzano wrote:
> it allows you to define and execute assembly code in the image.
>
> Esteban
>
>> On 14 Oct 2015, at 18:24, Robert Withers
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>
>> I'd think there's just as much concern with all the globals.
What does ASMJIT do? a Jit?
>>
>> thanks so much ^^
>> Robert
>>
>> On 10/14/2015 11:18 AM, Esteban Lorenzano wrote:
>>> but beware… ASMJIT part of NB (and well… NB it self, that
means) will fade away…
>>> it will remain compatible (95% of the cases), but we will
unload it… there is a lot of maintainability and security concerns
around it.
>>>
>>> Esteban
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 14 Oct 2015, at 17:13, Max Leske <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On 14 Oct 2015, at 17:01, Robert Withers
<[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I ran across it browsing and it looks pretty interesting.
It's purpose remains a mystery to to me.
>>>>
>>>> NativeBoost provides an FFI. It’s used by Athens for example
to render the fonts in Pharo using Cairo (http://cairographics.org).
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Max
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> thanks so much ^^
>>>>> Robert
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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