Dorado bytecodes per second

Andres Valloud sqrmax at optonline.net
Tue May 3 04:24:50 UTC 2005


Hello Jecel,

Monday, May 2, 2005, 1:18:22 PM, you wrote:

JAJ> I want to write polymorphic code and let the compiler generate case
JAJ> statements (PICs - polymorphic inline caches).

JAJ> I want to write well factored code and let the compiler generate big,
JAJ> efficient blobs (with inlining).

JAJ> I want to play with blocks and let the compiler extract control flow
JAJ> strctures wherever it can.

JAJ> In short, I want to program in Smalltalk and let the compiler generate
JAJ> the Fortran that the hardware seems to crave.

Totally, I agree.  Smalltalk is for us.  And when hardware changes,
we'll just change the VM and be done with it.

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Best regards,
 Andres                            mailto:sqrmax at optonline.net




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