[Vm-dev] primitiveDigitCompare is slow (was: Re: [squeak-dev] The Inbox: Kernel-dtl.1015.mcz)

[Bert Freudenberg]

On 15.04.2016, at 05:27, David T. Lewis <lewis at mail.msen.com> wrote:
> 
> <meta>
> It is really quite remarkable that we could be having this discussion
> at all. An open source virtual machine for Smalltalk that is so fast that
> is not even worth the trouble to call out to C primitives? Really?!? Wow.
> </meta>

You would get a kick out of taking a closer look at the RSqueak VM. It doesn’t even use the primitives for BitBlt but runs the Smalltalk code.

- Bert -



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