The Unix Executable as a Smalltalk Method: And Its Implications for Unix-Smalltalk Unification

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1145/3759429.3762633" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1145/3759429.3762633</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

The Unix Executable as a Smalltalk Method: And Its Implications for Unix-Smalltalk Unification

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

Unix and Smalltalk are very different in the details, but bear curious similarities in their broad outlines. Prior work has made these comparisons at a high level and sketched a path for retrofitting Smalltalk&apos;s advantages onto Unix (without compromising the advantages of the latter). Everybody seems to agree on identifying the Unix file with the Smalltalk object, but this still leaves much unspecified. I argue that we should identify the Unix executable with the Smalltalk method. A Smalltalk VM implementation via the filesystem falls out quite easily from this premise; however, the severe overhead associated with Unix processes casts doubt on its practical realisation. Nevertheless, we can see several ways around this problem. The connection shows promise for realising the benefits of Smalltalk within Unix without sequestering the former in a hermetically sealed image and VM.

Název v anglickém jazyce

The Unix Executable as a Smalltalk Method: And Its Implications for Unix-Smalltalk Unification

Popis výsledku anglicky

Unix and Smalltalk are very different in the details, but bear curious similarities in their broad outlines. Prior work has made these comparisons at a high level and sketched a path for retrofitting Smalltalk&apos;s advantages onto Unix (without compromising the advantages of the latter). Everybody seems to agree on identifying the Unix file with the Smalltalk object, but this still leaves much unspecified. I argue that we should identify the Unix executable with the Smalltalk method. A Smalltalk VM implementation via the filesystem falls out quite easily from this premise; however, the severe overhead associated with Unix processes casts doubt on its practical realisation. Nevertheless, we can see several ways around this problem. The connection shows promise for realising the benefits of Smalltalk within Unix without sequestering the former in a hermetically sealed image and VM.

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/LL2325" target="_blank" >LL2325: Konstrukce kanálů pro analýzu dat</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2025

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název statě ve sborníku

Onward 2025 Proceedings of the 2025 ACM SIGPLAN International Symposium on New Ideas New Paradigms and Reflections on Programming and Software Co Located with Splash 2025

ISBN

979-8-4007-2151-9

ISSN

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e-ISSN

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Počet stran výsledku

16

Strana od-do

227-242

Název nakladatele

ACM

Místo vydání

New York, USA

Místo konání akce

Singapore

Datum konání akce

12. 10. 2025

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

WRD - Celosvětová akce

Kód UT WoS článku

001610166900016