Byte Magazine Special Issue: Smalltalk (1984)

Re:Byte Magazine Special Issue: Smalltalk (1984) by twoodfin on Thursday August 11, 2022 @02:19PM (#32429747)

I'd disagree with that characterization. The earliest work in optimizing highly dynamic languages was done in Smalltalk[1] before continuing in Self. David Ungar was the through line and one of the original designers of Self.

[1] https://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/1986/5376.html

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Re:Byte Magazine Special Issue: Smalltalk (1984) by lispm on Thursday August 11, 2022 @03:04PM (#32430273)

> The earliest work in optimizing highly dynamic languages was done in Smalltalk

Hard to believe, given that optimizing native code compilers for Lisp were already available.

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Re:Byte Magazine Special Issue: Smalltalk (1984) by twoodfin on Thursday August 11, 2022 @05:16PM (#32431808)

I’ll accept “of the specific thread that led to HotSpot” as a qualification, sure.

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