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? Regards Ted
On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 8:48 PM, Marcus Denker <[email protected]> wrote: > > On May 2, 2011, at 6:49 PM, Ted F.A. van Gaalen wrote: > >> Hi All instances of HumanBeing >> >> Then, another question remains: >> >> Will my image of 2011 still work correctly >> on the VM of AD 2019 (the ones that than probably >> run on Ubuntu 2019.10, Windows11 and AppleOS/X 2019)? >> or the VM created for a newly emerged computer system? >> > If I can guarantee one thing, than it is this: the VM of 2019 > (that I will use) will *not* be compatible to todays images. > > Because, this would mean this: > > 1) No 64bit. *Ever*. We would be 32 bit forever, even on your > iPhone of 2019 with 128GB if RAM. > 2) No better GC. *EVER*. > 3) No support for good hashes. > 4) No nothing. (multiple tag bits, immutatble objects...) > 5) No support for more than one CPU, ever. > ... this list is very long. > > And it would mean that we could never clean up the VM and simplify > it. We would need to stay compatible to BitBlt from 1978 in 2018. > Does that make sense? Do *you* want to maintain a backward compatible > Balloon Pluging in 2015? > > Pharo is not relevant today. (I actually think it's not.). Now > if we *require* to *never* change the VM, then this guarantees > complete uselessness very soon. > > Do you really want to make any progress on the VM side impossible? > > Marcus > > > -- > Marcus Denker -- http://www.marcusdenker.de > INRIA Lille -- Nord Europe. Team RMoD. > > >
