Maybe Pharo 2.0 could be refactored like this, enough to do  to get to V 1.0 
though ;-)

Regards, Gary

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Rueger" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 5:42 PM
Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] Pharo-min?


> [email protected] wrote:
>
>> I'm interested in building a minimum image from a Pharo-core base.  This
>> image would have:
>>
>> - no GUI/mouse/keyboard.  The only interface would be via network 
>> connections.
>>
>> - no processes/interrupts.  The network send/receive would be synchronous 
>> via a plugin.
>>
>> - no timer.  The date/time would be via a plugin on demand.
>>
>> - no fallback debugger.  Any error fallback would log a message and abort 
>> via a plugin.
>>
>> - possibly a minimal interpreter that didn't include any support for
>> those unavailable features.  (The only value in this would be smaller
>> size and hopefully something more comprehensible for code auditing
>> purposes.)
>
> Part of this is already covered by Pavel's minimal morphic/image work.
>
> - no timer
> there is a difference between date/time and the delay/timing framework
> in the VM. Removing the latter could be "interesting"
>
> Everything else you could basically do by creating new Socket classes,
> changing default error handling etc.
> Although I'm not quite sure what you would gain from not using the green
> threads in Squeak/Pharo?
>
>
> Michael
>
>
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