a few questions for the CAML community

a few questions for the CAML community

[Robbert VanRenesse]

1) would it be really hard to port CSL to Windows NT?  I can't imagine, but
   any hints to what problems one could expect would be very helpful.
2) would it be really hard to have an application that incorporated both
   SmallTalk and CSL code?  I would think so, because there would be two
   garbage collectors in the same memory.  If I'm right about this, I
   would just put the two parts in separate processes talking though some
   form of IPC.  Again, any input would be appreciated.

				Robbert

Re: a few questions for the CAML community

[Xavier Leroy]

> 1) would it be really hard to port CSL to Windows NT?  I can't imagine, but
>    any hints to what problems one could expect would be very helpful.

Some users have already ported CSL to Windows NT, though I don't think
they have released their port. (I think they are on this mailing list,
so I'll let them comment further.) 

CSL is getting stable enough that we can consider non-Unix ports. The
major problems are practical (how to share files, avoid rewriting all
Makefiles, etc), not technical.

Regards,

- Xavier Leroy

RE: a few questions for the CAML community

[Kevin Gallo]

\rMessage-ID: red-29-msg951220225904MTP[01.51.00]000000a1-55056

I have already ported CSL to Windows NT (almost works under Win95 as 
well).  It requires VC++ and MASM but most of the issues are already resolved.

I will be giving my changes back to Xavier for integration into the 
mainline distribution.
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| 1) would it be really hard to port CSL to Windows NT?  I can't imagine, but
|    any hints to what problems one could expect would be very helpful.
| 2) would it be really hard to have an application that incorporated both
|    SmallTalk and CSL code?  I would think so, because there would be two
|    garbage collectors in the same memory.  If I'm right about this, I
|    would just put the two parts in separate processes talking though some
|    form of IPC.  Again, any input would be appreciated.
|
| 				Robbert
|