Sean Allen <sean <at> monkeysnatchbanana.com> writes:
i was going to install gnu smalltalk on a debian etch system running
on a 64 bit amd processor via apt-get and noticed that there is no
package for that processor.
is there a technical reason for this? if i build from source, will it
not work? if building from source is going to result in a buggy
implementation, i'd rather not waste the time... just want to check
before i go about converting all my ruby administration scripts to
gnu
smalltalk.
I don't know much about packaging but I guess the reason is that
nobody prepared
the 64 bit package "yet". So, I don't see a reason for GNU Smalltalk
not to work
on 64 bit systems when you compile it.
Though, I don't think that converting all of your Ruby
administration scripts
into GST is a good idea. GST is not as stable as Ruby or does not
have extra
libraries as much as Ruby has etc... Maybe you should first try some
experimental administration scripts and convert the rest if you are
satisfied.