Re: [Help-smalltalk] Re: amd 64 and gnu smalltalk

[Paolo Bonzini]

> 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.

Have you checked testing/unstable?

> 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.

It depends on what the scripts do...  If it is an experiment, why not
(Stephen did the same and he had some LDAP functions bindings in the
process).  Anyway, if so I suggest compiling 3.1 from source: it's not
going to be buggy, and the File/Directory methods were rewritten (so
they are better, and you don't have to forward-port them in the future).

Paolo