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Re: Should I put my unofficial V3 versions of Squeak 5.2 and 5.3 on files.squeak.org?

Posted by David T. Lewis on Jul 26, 2020; 7:30pm
URL: https://forum.world.st/Should-I-put-my-unofficial-V3-versions-of-Squeak-5-2-and-5-3-on-files-squeak-org-tp5120009p5120040.html

Hello Jecel,

On Sun, Jul 26, 2020 at 03:58:01PM -0300, Jecel Assumpcao Jr wrote:

> David T. Lewis wrote on Sun, 26 Jul 2020 14:40:03 -0400
> > On Sun, Jul 26, 2020 at 07:27:23PM +0200, stes wrote:
> > > Sorry for asking, but from your posting it is not so clear (to me at least),
> > > what V3 format is.
> >
> > Good question, and to be honest I actually don't know where the term "V3"
> > originates, but within VMMaker it refers to the traditional object memory
> > format prior to the introduction of Spur.
>
> The term was created in 2002 to contrast with Anthony Hannon's VI4
> Squeak with its new image format and new bytecodes. This did not get
> adopted by our community and it became confusing when the official
> Squeak 4.0 and later continued using the V3 image format until Spur was
> finally adopted.
>
> https://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/2119
>

Thank you! It make perfect sense now.

Dave