This brings up something I was thinking about recently.  Is it kosher 
to charge for enhancements to Squeak?  Even if you adhere to the letter 
of the license, is it socially acceptable to this community.  What if 
the next release of MC cost $5, what if a JIT cost $25.  By the time 
you purchased various pieces you would be into real money.  On the 
other hand money motivates.  But, given all the work already placed in 
Squeak, can the late-comers ask for money given what they are receiving 
already there in the community?  Many contributions may come from 
funded research, where this is not an issue.  I would like to know what 
some old and new members think.

Michael

On Dec 16, 2004, at 12:46 PM, stéphane ducasse wrote:

> Have you tried to set up a collect?
> How much money do you think would help to boost it?
>
> Stef
>
>> Michael Latta writes:
>>> What is the status of any effort to implement a JIT or other compiler
>>> from bytecode to native execution?
>>
>> I'm working on a JIT like project called Exupery. Currently it's 10%
>> slower than VW for the bytecode benchmark. Hopefully it will be faster
>> in about a month. (VW is much faster for sends but I haven't yet
>> started optimising them.)
>>
>> The compiler is written in Smalltalk. It's uncommented but there are
>> a lot of tests.
>>
>> Lyndon is investigating a Windows port. There is also people
>> interested in porting to the PPC.
>>
>> It's just a lot of work and there are only so many weekends per
>> week. With funding work would go a lot faster.
>>
>> Bryce
>>
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