The Weekly Squeak

The Weekly Squeak

  • The Squeak Foundation Board 2008

    Hi all Squeakers! Ok, the Squeak Foundation Board Election 2008 ended 19 minutes ago – promptly at 18.00 UTC, 8 March. For this year we had 437 authorized voters of which 178 voted, that is slightly more than 40% voting – a bit disappointing IMHO since we had 157 voting of 347 last year which…

  • Don’t forget to vote!

    Just a quick reminder that you only have until 8th March to register your votes for the candidates for the Squeak Foundation Board 2008. There are 12 candidates standing for the 7 places and Göran Krampe has posted information on the election process including statements by the candidates. Voting is open to all Squeakers rated…

  • Hashing in Smalltalk

    Andrés Valloud has just published “Hashing in Smalltalk: Theory and Practice” on Lulu. He describes the book as providing “a strong foundation for hashing, hash functions, and their application in the context of software development. The first part develops hashing and hash functions from first principles. The behavior characteristics required of hash functions are examined…

  • Qwaq releases Hydra multi-core Squeak VM

    Andreas Raab writes on the mailing list that: In its ongoing commitment to Open Source, Qwaq has decided to release the first multi-core capable Croquet VM under the MIT license. Hydra VM is a virtual machine capable of running multiple Croquet images side-by-side, therefore being able to effectively utilize multi-core CPUs. Hydra VM is still…

  • Randal Schwartz Talks With Leo about Squeak, EToys and OLPC

    Don’t miss this fun new video from Randal Schwartz and Leo about Squeak, EToys and OLPC.  Randal builds a very nice car demo.

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