On 28 Feb 2022, at 20:55, Marcus Denker wrote: >>> >>> Fuel for now just ignores the whole “First class Variable” concept and >>> serialises the “raw” view of indexed instance >>> variables… (which is the right thing to do now), but that would not work >>> here anymore. >> >> Good to know. I'll have to think about how this plays together with the >> "classic" architecture. >> > > > This is why I am in general not a fan of this idea of code trying to be > compatible on that level… > > To me what fascinated me about Squeak was not to be slavishly compatible to > ST80, but to do > and do *more*. To take the philosophy and push it further… but that can *not* > be done if one > want to 100% backward compatible on an implementation level forever... > > I think my next talk at ESUG will be “Why I am not a Smalltalker”. :-)
lol :D I know what you mean. I'll have to see what happens with Squeak 6. Maybe we'll reach a point where it becomes easier to maintain two separate versions. As long as there are users in Squeak I want to support them (maybe I'll do a survey in the Squeak community at that point, it could also be an option to drop support for Squeak if they don't use Fuel). > > Marcus
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