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by rbanffy 405 days ago
I once crashed Squeak by telling it that true:=false
3 comments
Jtsummers 405 days ago
I think that or something like it was a rite of passage in our course using Smalltalk in college (number forgotten). "That couldn't possibly work...Oh, shit."
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igouy 403 days ago
The "couldn't possibly work" things seem different — they don't crash the VM and exit.
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igouy 403 days ago
Seems like Cuis Smalltalk also has that crash & exit behavior.

That does not crash Pharo Smalltalk.

That does not crash Dolphin Smalltalk.

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rbanffy 403 days ago
At that time it didn’t exit - it just hung there forever. Even the mouse wouldn’t move.
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igouy 403 days ago
Today after re-install on MSWin10

    true := false
Cuis is perfectly OK

    Cannot store into ->
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speedbird 404 days ago
Object become: nil -- pretty findamental rug pull
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igouy 403 days ago
Which could be handled without crash & exit behavior.

That does not crash Pharo Smalltalk.

That does not crash Dolphin Smalltalk.

    Object class(Object)>>error:
    Object class(Object)>>primitiveFailed
    Object class(Object)>>become:
    UndefinedObject>>{unbound}doIt
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rbanffy 403 days ago
Every time a young hacker finds one of these, it gets patched.
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igouy 403 days ago
Today after re-install on MSWin10

    Object become: nil
Cuis does crash & exit, or hangs, or …

    Sorry but the Squeak VM has crashed.
    …
    crash.dmp
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