[Newbies] Re: Primitives and array computation

[Frederic Dambreville]

> Generally, no. It's also hard to do in a general Array, since each
> Float is a full object, any arithmetic on it does unboxing and boxing

OK!
The way I use it, this implies a strong limitation of squeak; each
algorithm with intensive mathematical computation will need a
dedicated primitive...

> of a newly allocated Float object. To speed this up considerably you
> would have to create primitive array that do not hold objects but.

?'but'?

So, I understand that I need:
- intermediate classes, for storing 'true' arrays,
- translators for converting to/from standard squeak classes from/to
these intermediate classes,
- primitives for array computation on these classes
or something like that.

A lot of work...
Are there people, which have already done a part of the job? Or are
interested by such classes and primitives?

Thanks,

FD