From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,INVALID_MSGID, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 109fba,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: fac41,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 114809,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid114809,public X-Google-Thread: 1108a1,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid1108a1,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,b87849933931bc93 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public From: Eric Clayberg Subject: Re: OO, C++, and something much better! Date: 1997/01/25 Message-ID: <32E99F7A.777F@parcplace.com>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 212068309 references: content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: ParcPlace-Digitalk, Inc. mime-version: 1.0 reply-to: clayberg@parcplace.com newsgroups: comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.object x-mailer: Mozilla 3.0 (Win95; U) Date: 1997-01-25T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Joachim Durchholz wrote: > Well, dynamic typing isn't the only problem about Smalltalk. There's some > efficiency problems, and it's difficult to strip a program to its > essential components for distribution. There is quite a lot of work being done in the Smalltalk industry to correct some these deficiencies. There are technologies becoming available in the Smalltalk world that should boost performance of Smalltalk systems by 3.5-5X or more (see http://www.animorphic.com for one example). Some of the newer Smalltalk implementations on the market (e.g., Smalltalk MT) produce very fast native code. All of the major vendors are working at dramatically improving their distribution technologies (like ParcPlace's SLL and Firewall technology or IBM's forthcoming IC technology). -Eric