The "interpreted" bit isn't really true anymore. Smalltalk has been bytecode-compiled since, uh, I think 1976, and the bytecodes themselves are JITted by the Ph

The "interpreted" bit isn't really true anymore. Smalltalk has been bytecode-compiled since, uh, I think 1976, and the bytecodes themselves are JITted by the Pharo/Squeak virtual machine these days. They're usually only interpreted when you're using the debugger.