- few days ago, Sun released the VM StrongTalk .
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- For those who do not know which is StrongTalk, I tell StrongTalk is the proof that (actually the second test, the first is the virtual machine Self ) that dynamic languages \u200b\u200bare not necessarily slow.
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- For the nostalgic: Read the rough (because of Java) StrongTalk history .
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- It is time we stop talking about whether a language is quick or not because you have (or not) a compiler to machine code or if it runs on a virtual machine. Things are a little more complicated and the simple fact of having or not a compiler to machine code is only part of the story.
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- If you believe that what I say is true, take a little time to read the papers which are available at:
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http://research.sun.com/self/compiler.html
http://www.strongtalk.org/documents.html
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Of course this is good news not only for Smalltalkers, but the Ruby and Python communities can also benefit much if implemented in their respective virtual machines, technologies that have StrongTalk VM. Look at the reactions produced by this news, in communities Ruby and Python:
UPDATE: Coverage Slashdot.
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