Some performance comparisons between my PocketPC, my desktop and the nslu2. I ran the Integer>>tinyBenchmark on my 400 MHz Intel PXA255 PocketPC (little-endian ARM, 64 MB RAM, Turbo mode). Results are:
18048505 bytecodes/sec; 627490 sends/sec
If the speed is scaled down to 200 MHz:
9216589 bytecodes/sec; 312981 sends/sec (no surprise)
However, the nslu2 almost reaches the 400 MHz performance of the PXA255!
I'm glad to tell you all that squeak has been ported (cross compiled) to run on the nslu2! (266MHz big-endian ARM with 32MB RAM -nodisplay -nosound)
0 tinyBenchmarks '14692378 bytecodes/sec; 551451 sends/sec'
On my AMD XP 2800+ 512MB desktop running Linux 2.6:
225153913 bytecodes/sec; 7844410 sends/sec
Despite of the tremendous difference (12.5*), Squeak is definitely usable on the PocketPC (speedwise at least), after having done one minor adjustment: changing the SystemWindow maximize method so that the maximized window fills the entire screen. You can even do development, just use Class browser instead of System browser.
Attis