addSlot complicating module handling

[Slava Pestov]

Steven,

Slate is no longer written in Common Lisp. The Slate runtime and
bytecode interpreter is written in a subset of Slate called Pidgin.
Right now, new VMs are built by a Slate program that translates Pidgin
to C. I think the eventual plan is to directly compile Slate (and hence
Pidgin) directly to machine code, but you'd have to ask Lee for details.

Slava

Steven Shaw wrote:
> That's a treasure, Lee :)
> 
> Could you say more about the current Slate bootstrap process. I'm a bit 
> out of date with the latest in Slate developments. I recall there being 
> a (partial) Slate to Common Lisp translator at one point - or was the 
> first compiler built in Common Lisp?
> 
> Cheers,
> Steve.