Self 4.1 for Mac OS Its too slow to be used for anything useful.
Joshua Marker
lux at umich.edu
Fri Nov 5 18:11:57 UTC 1999
> and that is the fastest I have seen. This is a shame. This self 4.1
> port is an Alpha release (for friends of self) so maybe someone who
> understands it will accelerate things (at least 10 times faster would
> be a nice start.) It really puts the speed of squeak in perspective
> though. squeak is fast. Just out of curiosity does anyone know if self
> actually is fast on a SPARC?
No. In a word.
I was fascinated by the potentials and put up with it on a Sparc
10 - just me using the box. Ungodly slow. The release notes say something
amusing about it, actually.
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