From: Charles O. N. <cha...@su...> - 2007-03-07 03:05:17
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James Abley wrote: > Indeed. Have you guys seen this? > > http://smallthought.com/avi/?p=19 > > Mr Nutter (if you're listening), anything to add from a JRuby perspective? The Smalltalk.rb project spun up largely in response to a few comments I made on Avi's blog claiming Java could run Ruby much better than he believe it could, in response to his previous posts that it would be a better use of time to target a Smalltalk VM for Ruby. I joined the Smalltalk.rb mailing list, and watch as the initial burn cooled and completely sputtered out. As of now it's a dead list. The idea is certainly sound, but I don't believe for a moment that a smalltalk VM would be a better hosting environment than the JVM, since I know from talking with JVM core developers that the underpinnings of VMs like StrongTalk and Self are already working hard under the covers in HotSpot. We just need to find a way to expose them, and any dynamic language on the JVM could see the same kind of performance of which StrongTalk boasted. The pieces are all there, and just need to be put together. - Charlie |