[Help-smalltalk] Re: About latest version

[Paolo Bonzini]

Luca Bruno wrote:
> Hello,
> i can't compile the latest version from CVS, starting from usual 
> autotools incompatibilies to prim definition problems that i can't 
> recover right now.

The latter seems unexpected.

> Is it possible to have a working snapshot with all Makefile.in etc.?

Actually, I planned a surprise for today. :-)

> gst> [['test' print] repeat] fork!
>
> It should start printing 'test' but the command line should be available 
> for other typeings.

That's different, because the command line is a C loop, not a Smalltalk 
loop.

Something like this works nicely:

 [ [ (Delay forSeconds: 1) wait. 'test' printNl ] repeat ] fork.
 [ [ stdin nextLine printNl ] repeat ] fork.
 Processor activeProcess priority: Processor rockBottomPriority.
 [ Processor yield ] repeat!

Paolo