Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!rouellet From: rouellet@crhc.uiuc.edu (Roland G. Ouellette) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Object-Oriented Procedure Call (was: Smart I-cache?) Message-ID: Date: 25 Nov 90 20:23:03 GMT References: <2823@crdos1.crd.ge.COM> <1157@cameron.egr.duke.edu> <657720712@lear.cs.duke.edu> Sender: news@julius.cs.uiuc.edu (USENet News) Followup-To: comp.arch Organization: University of Illinois Center for Reliable & High Performance Computing Lines: 14 In-Reply-To: moss@cs.umass.edu's message of 24 Nov 90 23:17:41 GMT > The REAL loss of performance with an object oriented style is losing > the ability to inline the whole procedure call! (IMHO.) I believe Ralph Johnson has been working on inlining Small Talk procedures (and undoing the process at the right time). He's johnson@cs.uiuc.edu and may have published (this?) in OOPSLA (this year?). R. -- = Roland G. Ouellette ouellette@tarkin.enet.dec.com = = 1203 E. Florida Ave rouellet@[dwarfs.]crhc.uiuc.edu = = Urbana, IL 61801 "You rescued me; I didn't want to be saved." = = - Cyndi Lauper =