> Current Common Lisp implementations can usually support both image-oriented and source-oriented development. Image-oriented environments (for example, Squeak Smalltalk) have as their interchange format an image file or memory dump containing all the objects present in the system, which can be later restarted on the same or distinct hardware. By contrast, a source-oriented environment uses individual, human-readable files for recording information for reconstructing the project under development; these files are processed by the environment to convert their contents into material which can be executed.
Am I reading this right that people can (and do??) use images as a complete replacement for source code files?
Am I reading this right that people can (and do??) use images as a complete replacement for source code files?