Re: [Pharo-users] Large Image Generator

2020-02-06 Thread Benoit St-Jean via Pharo-users
--- Begin Message --- Pablo, Here's my quick list of ideas to generate gigantic images... The easiest way to fill the image quickly is to load huge packages that can also generate tons of data. The firsts that come to mind are Moose, Roassal, Seaside, BioSmalltalk, PolyMath, Marea, Magma (not

Re: [Pharo-users] Large Image Generator

2020-01-30 Thread Benoit St-Jean via Pharo-users
--- Begin Message --- Thanks for your quick & detailed answer Pablo! I have a big list of ideas, all I need to do now is to type my notes! I wasn't sure if you wanted to test performance of a specific part/aspect of Pharo/VM hence my question to clarify all that! Is there any preferred image

Re: [Pharo-users] Large Image Generator

2020-01-29 Thread teso...@gmail.com
Hi Benoit, the main idea as always is to have better tests. We have seen that Pharo, and many users reported, that Pharo does not behaves correctly in some cases when handling large images. When I take about large images, I am talking about images with a lot of code and/or with a lot of data (yes

[Pharo-users] Large Image Generator

2020-01-29 Thread Benoit St-Jean via Pharo-users
--- Begin Message --- Just read that announcement (https://pharoweekly.wordpress.com/2020/01/29/ann-large-image-generator/) on Pharo Weekly. Anyone knows more about the precise goal of that project?  What is the exact purpose of those images and what are we trying to test?  Garbage collection