> On 08 Jun 2016, at 11:24, Jan Vrany <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> >> IMHO, all Pharo beginner tutorials should start by showing off Cmd - dot >> (or Alt - dot, on Win / Linux). >> >> Not just because it's cool, but because it's necessary :) >> >> Cheers, >> Henry >> >> >> Very true. >> >> Yet, and I have already mentioned this years ago, it is technically totally >> possible to properly detect massive stack growth, before things get out of >> control. Sadly, VM people think this is not needed (or too costly). >> > > Not entirely true :-) There are smalltalks out there that detect such stack > growth and do the same as CL, > throw a (resumable) exception. Super-handy. Some of them have this for at > least 10 years now :-)
I was talking about our VM. It is good to know that it already exists in other Smalltalk implementations. You mean Smalltalk/X ? > And, it could be done with virtually no costs at all - hardware check for > this anyway. Good to know ! There is hope then ;-) > Jan > >
