Yow! I hope there will be some sort of published proceedings for this.

-- Dwight

johnm at wdi.disney.com wrote:
> 
> I've greatly enjoyed the recent "Optimizing Squeak" thread.
> 
> Folks interested in Squeak VM optimization might be interested in an
> OOPSLA workshop that I'm putting together with Antero Tailvalsari
> of Sun entitled something like "Simplicity versus Performance in Virtual
> Machine Design". The focus of the workshop will be not simply how to
> make faster VM's, but how to balance performance against other
> considerations such as portability, size, maintainability, and simplicity.
> Participants will have to submit and present a short working paper on
> some aspect of VM design (such as Jan's bytecode set proposal) for
> discussion. Unfortunately, attendence will have to be limited in order to
> keep the group small enough to support discussion. The workshop will
> not be Squeak-centric; I hope Java, Lisp, and other languages will
> be represented.
> 
> OOPSLA workshops are held a day or two before the conference proper.
> 
> I hope to see some of you there!
> 
>         -- John