Hypothesis : StarSqueak and *interpreted* Scheme is faster than Java
equivalents.
Conclusion : Apps deployed in Squeak and/or Scheme will do a better job than
Java.

So, JAVA just has better sales/marketing?  Can I make that conclusion?

:-)  edwin


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:squeak-dev-admin at lists.squeakfoundation.org]On Behalf Of Richard
A. O'Keefe
Sent: Sunday, July 29, 2001 6:24 PM
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Subject: RE: Bongo a Java for kids


Alan Kay <Alan.Kay at squeakland.org> wrote:
	According to the MIT folks [StarSqueak] is significantly
	faster than their JAVA version of StarLogo (we are not sure why,
	since no big attempts were made to optimize StarSqueak).

Possibly because Java is not a terribly well compiled language yet.
I have *interpreted* Scheme (using Aubrey Jaffer's SCM) running faster
than Java 1.2 (*with* Sun's JIT enabled).  Different algorithms, no doubt,
but the overall task running faster in interpreted Scheme than compiled
Java surely says _something_ about Java.