Re: [Squeak-VMdev] Newest VMMaker to try out

[Tim R. <ti...@su...>]

> The first work that we (mainly Ian right now) are doing is to
> generalize them kernel interpreter so that it can run any combination
> of 32- or 64-bit image on 32- or 64-bit machine.  This means being
> careful about the types of pointers, small integers and other
> quantities such as bytes, 16-, 32- and 64-bit ints.
>
It would be kind of useful to know just what changes are being
proposed here. Having worked on the previous generation change from 16
to 32 bits some eighteen years ago I might even have some useful
suggestions and experience.

tim
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