python on the smalltalk VM

[Douglas Alan]

whisper at oz.net (Dave LeBlanc) writes:

> > [|>oug:] After many years of research, they came up with a
> > compiler for Self that would generate code that runs about one
> > half to one third the speed of compiled C code.

> To the best of my recollection, they claimed closer to 80% of compiled
> code speed.

I have the paper sitting right in front of me:

   Benchmark          Execution speed compared to optimized C
   --------------     ---------------------------------------
   Stanford Suite        57%
   Puzzle                27%
   Richards              35%

|>oug