Re: [Help-smalltalk] Embedding GNU Smalltalk

[Paolo Bonzini]

> This in turn means I won't be able to use generational garbage 
> collection. What will the penalties of this be?

Not big, I think.

In general, GNU Smalltalk is quite close to the "metal". It uses OS 
services for most of its duties, including asynchronous file I/O and 
memory management.  It even has its own malloc.

> Is there any overview document of GNU Smalltalk from a systems 
> integration point of view that anyone can point me at?

Not that I know of.

Paolo