On 10.03.2011, at 14:35, Casey Ransberger wrote: > Inlining, as in flattening message sends and inlining machine code? Am I > misunderstanding your words or is that what you actually mean to say?
See http://forum.world.st/-td965885.html - Bert - > > BTW, I really enjoyed Smalltalk: Getting the Message, and I've recommended it > to a lot of people. Thanks for writing it! > > On Mar 9, 2011, at 9:11 PM, Chronos <alan.love...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Chronos REQUIRES that the message #future NOT be inlined. The requirement >> PREDATES the inlining of #future, and so WILL NOT BE CHANGED, since temporal >> precedence MUST BE RESPECTED. >> >> Also, 'future' belongs with greater weight and precedent to the domain of >> time, and date/time functionality is more fundamental than the competing >> usage. >> >> Finally, and most critically: Inlining of messages is a direct contradiction >> of the principles on which Smalltalk is based. _______________________________________________ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners