Re: Is GNU Smalltalk dead?

Derek Zhou via Users mailing list for the GNU Smalltalk environment <[email protected]> Sat, 13 Nov 2021 15:49:45 -0500
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On 2021-11-13 18:41:23Z, Piotr Klibert wrote:

> GST may be slow and buggy and without libraries, but it's also stable

GST is not slow, at least not slow in its class, which is bytecode compiled dynamic typed language without a JIT. It is also not particularly buggy in this class. The VM is beautifully written and can be used as a textbook example for how to implement a VM in C.

Derek