> To be a little bit more fair you should write the Squeak benchmark exactly
> like the C++ one:
>
> | a |
> a := Array new: 1.
> 1 to: 10000000 do: [:i| a at: 1 put: 3.]
>
> Using #to:do: gives a speed-up by 100% here!
>
> -- Bert
>
> PS: of course, we should change the implementation of #timesRepeat:
>     accordingly

No, it is not "more fair". All Smalltalks run the same code, C++ was here
just for... I don't know exactly why... just for fun?

Viktor