> In place of portability through a C compiler for every platform,  
you have an
> instruction set table for each processor.  Native code generation  
in place of the
> C translator, and the native code generator is all written in  
Squeak (SLANG
> actually).  ...And Squeak runs as (J3-style) native code all the time. 

Hmm, I just don't see how Andrew's concern about code-generation  
quality is addressed.

Maybe I am too deep inside the box...

Marcel