Re: Why are intepreters so slow today

John Nagle (nagle@netcom.com)
Sat, 16 Apr 1994 17:55:51 GMT

khaw@parcplace.com writes:
>You don't specify which Mac Smalltalk implementation you tested.

Smalltalk V/Mac. I know it's awful. The version for Intel platforms
has a compiler, but the Mac version is an old-style virtual machine
interpreter.

John Nagle