The VisualWorks VM Plugin Framework
presentation
Krishnamachari, Sudhakar: Cincom Systems
Monday 9:15 am to 10 am
Abstract: This VM Plugin framework is used to develop higher-performance C implementations of algorithms or code sections for use as primitives dynamically loaded into the virtual machine. The major part of the development effort is in working with Smalltalk coding to create all the methods that are finally exported as a C code file for compilation as a dll and relinking.
Bio: Sudhakar Krishnamachari is a Software Services Project Leader (Smalltalk), with Cincom Systems India Pvt. Ltd. He has worked with the Cincom Smalltalk Supports division prior to this for nearly a year. He has also worked with ACA-Europe a French CAD firm as a Manager (Specs and Testing) and handled development project team in C/C++ /VC++.
Born in 1967,in India, he is a graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee and a Masters in Computer Science from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. He was a practicing architect for nearly a decade, with experience in CAD, animation and development of office automation tools, prior to the shift into software development. He strives to contribute very actively to the spread of Smalltalk.
He has been working independently on the MySQL port of the VW as well as on development of a framework for multi-user group workflow based generic webapplication that can be supported on MySQL / Linux combination (as with any OS or DBMS VW supports). Also worked on software development related to architectural graphics in C/VC++ and on other related CAD/Graphics application developments.
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