And get from late binding (which is the entire point of Smalltalk) to early
binding (which is the entire point of C) since you can't override any
immediate inst var accesses. Argh! How I hate this...

Sorry, couldn't resist.
  Andreas
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> ----------
> From: 	Andres Valloud
> Reply To: 	squeak at cs.uiuc.edu
> Sent: 	Friday, July 30, 1999 2:47 PM
> To: 	Squeak
> Cc: 	recipient list not shown
> Subject: 	[Interval Problem] 2 cents
> 
> Hi.
> 
> I think it would be a good idea to remove the self sends from any fix,
> and replace
> 
> self someInstanceVariablePlainAccessorMethodNamedTheSame
> 
> with
> 
> theInstanceVariableItself.
> 
> Because then you start adding message sends and that is time expensive.
> 
> Andres.
> 
>