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They did, but that was not a Smalltalk heritage.

• twoodfin 4y ago
  I'd disagree with that characterization. The earliest work in optimizing highly dynamic languages was done in Smalltalk[1] before continuing in Self. David Ungar was the through line and one of the original designers of Self. [1] https://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/1986/5376.html https://www2.eecs.berkeley.edu/Pubs/TechRpts/1986/5376.html
  • lispm 4y ago
    > The earliest work in optimizing highly dynamic languages was done in Smalltalk Hard to believe, given that optimizing native code compilers for Lisp were already available.
    • twoodfin 4y ago
      I’ll accept “of the specific thread that led to HotSpot” as a qualification, sure.
• pjmlp 4y ago
  It surely was, here is some learning material. > Strongtalk is a major re-thinking of the Smalltalk-80 programming language and system. While retaining the basic Smalltalk syntax and semantics, it contains a number of significant advances, including: > The Strongtalk system was developed in secret in the mid-90's by a small startup company. Before the Strongtalk system could be released, the company was acquired by Sun Microsystems, Inc. to work on the Java® virtual machine. http://strongtalk.org/ http://strongtalk.org/
• igouy 4y ago
  https://www.strongtalk.org/history.html https://www.strongtalk.org/history.html
• pinewurst 4y ago
  Not true as the ParcPlace SmallTalk(s) were all JITed.