Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!world!iecc!compilers-sender From: bremner@cs.sfu.ca (David Bremner) Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Re: info on byte-coded and other fast interpreters Summary: Related information on native code vs. byte code Keywords: Smalltalk, SOAR, interpreter Message-ID: <2356@fornax.UUCP> Date: 25 Mar 91 04:45:53 GMT References: <3482@sequent.cs.qmw.ac.uk> Sender: compilers-sender@iecc.cambridge.ma.us Reply-To: bremner@cs.sfu.ca (David Bremner) Organization: School of Computing Science, SFU, Burnaby, B.C. Canada Lines: 15 Approved: compilers@iecc.cambridge.ma.us That reminds me: The same David Unger from Berkley referenced above does a fair bit of analysis of the tradeoffs between byte coded and native code implementations of Smalltalk in his book about SOAR (Smalltalk on a RISC). I think the book is called something like "SOAR". Actually I guess it is more a presentation of why native is better, but probably still worth looking at. -- bremner@cs.sfu.ca ubc-cs!fornax!bremner -- Send compilers articles to compilers@iecc.cambridge.ma.us or {ima | spdcc | world}!iecc!compilers. Meta-mail to compilers-request.