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Unable to run Cuis7.1-6452 in Javascript/ECMAscript Squeak.JS #287

Closed dcstes closed 5 days ago

dcstes commented 2 weeks ago

Using the latest SqueakJS (Javascript/ECMAScript virtual machine) release 1.2.2 using NodeJS 22.3 as server, and firefox as webbrowser, I can run Cuis succesfully frmo the BaseForCuis6.2 git tag : running Cuis6.0-6153.image works for me using SqueakJS.

However when I try the same thing with the latest Cuis7.1-6452.image, it seems to have an issue in the method getCurrentWorkingDirectory where it raises an errorNotIndexable String isAscii: method.

Is tihs a SqueakJS vm issue or a Cuis 7.1 issue please ?

jvuletich commented 1 week ago

SqueakJS doesn't seem to support 16 bit indexables (DoubleByteArray in Cuis). This is required to run Cuis7.1 and later.

dcstes commented 5 days ago

Thank you for your feedback. I'd like to add that I like Cuis Smalltalk and it's great software. I use DrGeo and Cuis and it's working fine using the C runtime (the Cog OpenSmalltalk C runtime). I have created a few simple Smalltalk programs in a repository https://github.com/dcstes/sharygin for DrGeo running on Cuis 7.1. I created this specific github issue to provide some feedback because I also think the JavaScript/ECMAscript runtime is an impressive product as well. Please feel free to close this github issue and thanks again for the feedback, and for Cuis Smalltalk.