2016-07-22 15:22 GMT+02:00 Ben Coman <b...@openinworld.com>: > On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 9:12 PM, Pavel Krivanek > <pavel.kriva...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > as you maybe know, we are working on Pharo image bootstrap - the process > > that can generate an image from source codes and initialize it correctly. > > Because of practical reasons we do not bootstrap the standard image at > once > > but we are trying to bootstrap a small headless kernel image and then > load > > the rest of the system into it. > > > > The good news is that we are successful in our effor. We are already > able to > > produce well usable images as you can test here: > > Great to hear of your continuing progress. > > > > > https://goo.gl/fn1VbP > > > > From the Pharo/Squeak point of view this image is very special because it > > doesn't contain any object inherited from 70's. Pharo lost its umbilical > > cord. > > Does this mean you are starting with a zero byte file and adding nil, > true, false, etc...? > Or what is the size of the image you start with? >
No, we are not generating image file directly. We use special VM simulator and then save its object memory. Our bootstrapped image has about 5MB now (in Spur format). > > cheers -ben > > > > > Notice that the initial display width is too narrow and and we still > need a > > lot of work on the building process, but In the next weeks and months it > > will change a lot the Pharo development - especially as soon as it will > be > > combined with Git support. > > > > Cheers, > > -- Pavel > > > > > >
