Self-interest September 2008

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Update on Linux VM
by Russell Allen 24 Oct '08

24 Oct '08

Hi guys, I retreated to Ubuntu 7.04 (and GCC 4.1) and rebuilt the linux VM from the CVS sources. The normal 4.3 barebones snapshot works with the exception of X (and thus morphic). This isn't suprising as it needs modifications to let it know it is running on Linux. I'm working through those. The 4.1-based gleibe.de/self image works as well, with partial success in opening a morphic window. Basically, after every X call (I think) it freezes; _Flush brings very temporary relief. If I execute something like "[ _Flush ] loop", I get a working but vvveeerrryyy ssslllooowwww morphic interface. Cheers, Russell

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Re: Getting someone to port Self
by Mario Wolczko 23 Sep '08

23 Sep '08

> Speaking of JavaScript, did anyone notice the reference to Self in > the design > docs for V8? V8 is the new JavaScript engine that Google wrote for > Chrome. > See http://code.google.com/apis/v8/design.html . :-) Unsurprising, since Lars Bak worked on both the Self VM and was the principal on V8.

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Getting someone to port Self
by Russell Allen 22 Sep '08

22 Sep '08

Hello, I'm interested in making a number of improvements/changes to Self, not for any particular commercial motive but out of general interest in Self and its ideas. A good starting point for this would be getting the Self VM working properly on linux and Windows. Unfortunately, I'm not a C++ person, and the learning curve is a bit too steep and my time too limited to do it myself. What I was wondering was whether anyone on this list knew any students who would be interested in doing the porting work. I would be prepared to put some money towards the effort of porting if it would help, though obviously my budget is pretty limited. Everything done would be released under the same open source licence as the rest of Self. I'm open to any alternative ideas on how to get there too! Best wishes, Russell

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Linux: "Self 1" X I/O Error .. aborting process.
by erikterpstra 11 Sep '08

11 Sep '08

On Ubuntu Linux 8.10 I get the following error: ./Self -s Empty.snap Welcome to the Self system! (Version 4.1.5) Copyright 1992-2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc. and Stanford University. See the LICENSE file for license information. Type _Credits for full credits. VM version: 4.1.10 "Self 1" X I/O Error .. aborting process. ====== Any idea what might have gone wrong here? TIA, Erik.

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Self-interest September 2008