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From: sehyo@netcom.com (Sehyo Chang)
Subject: Re: Object Technology: What will JAVA do that Smalltalk won't do?
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Axel Kramer (axel@well.com) wrote:
: mbk@caffeine.engr.utk.edu (Matthew Kennel) wrote:

: >Does HotJava know anything about Java?  If not, then I see little problem
: >with writing byte-code applets in any language, provided this byte code
: >is not specifically tied to Java semantics.
: >

: Well, but in Smalltalks' case there are some ST-bytecodes that would not make
: for a "pretty" translation into Java bytecodes, e.g. the ones related to
: our beloved blocks.  (I do think it is a mistake not to have closures in
: Java, they are so powerful)

: We would also miss out on using Java bytecodes that are very type-specific, e.g.
: the numeric and array ones.

: I think the other way around might be interesting for a Java development
: environment, e.g. compiling Java bytecodes into ST-bytecodes.  That seems
: very do-able to me.  It might actually result in fast programs, since STs'
: on-the-fly compilation technique is probably more advanced than Javas current
: interpreter.  (As an aside, has anybody out there experimented with (multiple)
: call-primitive bytecodes in one ST-method?)

:    axel

It is interesting to note that Sun's  Java propoganda web page indicates
java is high performance while Smalltalk is medium performance. I am 
going to test latest Java alpha release on Win95 against VW2.0.

-- sehyo
