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> Languages like Smalltalk or Lisp can have it both ways... You seem to be suggesting that Smalltalk implementations are a whole lot faster than current Ruby ?

• pjmlp 7y ago
  I don't any commercial versions there, which is what I was referring to.
  • igouy 7y ago
    As for Lisp implementations [SBCL against LispWorks and Allegro] do you have reason to doubt the opinion you heard last year — "Generally they are in the same league." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17482481 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17482481
  • igouy 7y ago
    If you meant to say that no commercial implementations are shown on the benchmarks game website — that is not true. https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/fastest/smalltalk.html https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/... and "Largest Provider of Commercial Smalltalk ...Cincom is the largest commercial provider of Smalltalk in the world, with twice as many partners and customers than all other commercial providers combined." http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/main/products/visualworks/ http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/main/products/visualworks/