python on the smalltalk VM

[Steve Purcell]

Dave LeBlanc wrote:
> At one time I was really interested in Self and downloaded the whole
> 25mb+ source tree.
> 
> To the best of my recollection, they claimed closer to 80% of compiled
> code speed. One of the ways they accomplished this was to use native
> machine code in lieu of a VM's bytecodes coupled with subroutine calls
> for things that were too complex to inline.
> 
> The project ended up at Sun, where I think it ended when Sun decided
> not to persue any commercialization. I wonder if all that stuff is
> still lurking on Sun's site somewhere...


References to that technology are made in a white paper about the Hotspot
"Performance Engine" for Java:

  http://java.sun.com/products/hotspot/whitepaper.html

-Steve


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