Re: [Help-smalltalk] Language Shootout - are we doing something wrong?

[Isaac Gouy]

--- MSA or SJF <address@hidden> wrote:

> Have you compared the speed of Paolo's implementation
> against yours? I think it is slightly slower.

iirc the low-level code is more than twice as fast 

> Did you come across the idea that JIT compilers can
> be, in theory and in practice, faster than
> hand-optimised code, because they can take advantage
> of the actual data structures, rather than having to
> make an assumption in advance?
> 
> If you've coded your algorithms explicitly, then
> you've precluded the possibility of making such
> optimisations at the next level up.

Maybe you should start a discussion on comp.object.*

best wishes, Isaac


        
                
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