python on the smalltalk VM

[Tim Peters]

[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?

You bet!  First I heard of it, and wish them luck.

> 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

No.

> or is there something else I don't know about.

Yes, but nothing PythonLabs is involved in, so I don't know about it either.
There are several Grand Unification schemes floating around.  That isn't new,
but public semi-awareness of them is.  If I were you I wouldn't worry about
it unless and until one of them succeeds.

in-languages-as-among-nations-cooperation-sounds-a-lot-more-
    promising-before-you-debate-the-price-of-potatoes-ly y'rs  - tim