[Cuis-dev] UKSTUG Meeting 28 February 2024 at 19hs GMT -- Juan presenting about Cuis

[Juan Vuletich]

Hi Folks,

Please join us!

Cheers,

On 2/23/2024 1:34 PM, Francisco Garau via Cuis-dev wrote:
> Juan Vuletich returns to the UKSTUG to discuss some recent 
> enhancements to Cuis Smalltalk (https://cuis.st/): Bootstrap and 
> Dynamic Cuis Libraries.
>
>     *Bootstrap: */Creating Minimal Images from Scratch
>     /
>
>     /
>
>         * The last ancestor of Cuis Smalltalk that was bootstrapped
>           from scratch was Smalltalk-76. Since then, various released
>           images of Smalltalk-80, Squeak and Cuis were derived by
>           applying updates to the previous one. A new tool called
>           'Bootstrap' allows the creation of minimal Smalltalk images
>           from scratch. These images are in the Spur 32 and 64-bit
>           formats, compatible with the OpenSmalltalk VM. 'Bootstrap'
>           gives developers complete control over what is included in
>           the new image. It is compact, relatively simple, and easy to
>           extend and adapt.
>
>     /
>
>
>     *Dynamic Cuis Libraries*: /A binary format for Cuis code that is
>     powerful and quick to load
>     /
>
>     /
>
>         * Dynamic Cuis Libraries are binary files with pre-compiled
>           code that can be loaded into a running Cuis image. They can
>           add new classes and extend existing ones. For existing
>           classes, there are no requirements on the shape of that
>           class in the image loading the library. Missing variables
>           are added, extra variables are kept, and both existing and
>           newly loaded methods are adjusted to whatever shape the
>           class has.
>
>     /
>
>     Juan is the founder and lead developer of *Cuis* Smalltalk. He is
>     a long-standing Open Source Smalltalk community member, having
>     contributed kernel code to Cuis, Squeak and the Squeak VM for over
>     25 years. Juan has been programming since he was 14, and doing it
>     professionally since he was 17. He holds an MS.Sc. in Computer
>     Science from the University of Buenos Aires. He works at LabWare.
>
>
> This will be an online meeting from home.
>
> If you'd like to join us, please sign up in advance on the meeting's 
> Meetup page ( https://www.meetup.com/ukstug/events/299084123/ ) to 
> receive the meeting details.


-- 
Juan Vuletich
cuis.st
github.com/jvuletich
researchgate.net/profile/Juan-Vuletich
independent.academia.edu/JuanVuletich
patents.justia.com/inventor/juan-manuel-vuletich
linkedin.com/in/juan-vuletich-75611b3
twitter.com/JuanVuletich

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