Re: [Help-smalltalk] Re: GNU Smalltalk 3.0 released

[Isaac Gouy]

--- Paolo Bonzini <address@hidden> wrote:

> Isaac Gouy wrote:
> > After a basic 
> > 
> > ./configure prefix=/opt/gst
> > make
> > 
> > I measured the benchmarks game programs with 3.0 and noticed much
> > longer times compared to 2.3.6
> 
> I don't recall if 2.3.6 was compiled with --enable-jit.

iirc 2.3.6 was compiled with --enable-jit and I think you're saying
that  will still work with 3.0


> Also, you have to wrap the main body in a class or an
> 
> Eval [
>      ...
> ]
> 
> block instead of just having the bang-separated
> 
>      ... !
> 
> This is listed in the NEWS file (and the announcement) as:
> 
> "Evaluated code now puts undeclared variables in a private namespace
> (so
> that you do not have to declare temporaries) and defers the
> resolution
> of undefined variable bindings until the time of their first access.
> 
> Unfortunately, this slows down evaluated code noticeably; you can get
> back the performance by putting code in a method or an Eval (in the
> latter case, you will have to declare temporaries explicitly, or the
> code will still use the slower deferred variable binding)."
> 
> Paolo
> 



      
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