On http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/NewBlockClosureVersion you can find a prebuilt version of the VM linux-x86 version.
It is really impressive the speed-up with this version. Without BlockClosure support '0 tinyBenchmarks' result was about (after 5 runs) : '28021015 bytecodes/sec; 1273205 sends/sec'
Using the VM with block closure it is about : '38976857 bytecodes/sec; 2044447 sends/sec'
For that I use a compaq pressario laptop (700Mhz, 128 Mo, linux kernel 2.4.3).
Regards, Alexandre
On Tue, Jan 22, 2002 at 06:41:49AM -0500, Anthony Hannan wrote:
I finally finished implementing block closures. Please check it out on the swiki at http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/NewBlockClosureVersion. Feel free to email me if you have any questions. I put a lot of work into this, so I hope it gets used and eventually gets into the main release.
Cheers, Anthony