python on the smalltalk VM

[Andrew Dalke]

Caught this following the link on Slashdot concerning a trip
report about the last Smalltalk conference:

http://www.smalltalkconsulting.com/html/SmalltalkSolutions2001%232.html

> Python is a big part for the execution engine, this is a new
> area. The Smalltalk VM runs Python 10 to 100x faster.

Anyone here have any comments on that project?

Then again, the next line is:
> {JMM I should point out the Perl and Python folks are working
> toward having/wanting/needing a universal VM}

Umm, did the Parrot joke go a bit too far or is there something
else I don't know about.  (Seems like a plague of that these
days :)

                    Andrew
                    dalke at acm.org