[Vm-dev] Bug in Interpreter>>primitiveNextPut:

[Levente Uzonyi]

> On Thu, 26 Nov 2009, Eliot Miranda wrote:
>
>
> I can't guarantee it.  You'd have to measure.  All I can say is that we
> found it better to get rid of the stream primitives in VisualWorks and 
in
> the Cog JIT.  Looking at the Squeak VM code I think the primitives will
> still win in the interpreter; after all they use the same machinery as 
at:
> and at:put:.  But in a JIT they'll likely loose.

That sounds great.

> Since the Cog JIT isn't available yet I'm not really being helpful.  I
> should think before I blurt.  Apologies.

No problem, I hope I can measure the difference "real soon now". :)

Levente

> 
> Eliot