From: Andrew Kuchling <akuchlin@...>
Date: 2001-04-25T00:10:08+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:14153] Re: python on the smalltalk VM

Conrad Schneiker <schneik@austin.ibm.com> writes:
> > > Python is a big part for the execution engine, this is a new area. The
> > > Smalltalk VM runs Python 10 to 100x faster. {JMM I should point out the
> > > Perl and Python folks are working toward having/wanting/needing a
> > > universal VM}
> 
> Can anyone shed light on the last sentence?

The original conference speaker was simply misinformed, I think; I'm
not aware of any work of that nature going on, and it's certainly not
apparent from either python-dev or the Perl lists.  Maybe the speaker
may have heard about Komodo and the Perl/Python XPCOM support, and
thought that it foreshadowed some tighter integration.  I've also
heard rumors that some GNOME developers are thinking about writing a
common VM, but don't know who's working on it, where they're
discussing it, or what the status is.

--amk