From: ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA (Paul Derbyshire)
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Subject: Re: Quake vs. Demos
Date: 4 Jun 1997 07:45:41 GMT
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And how did this Smalltalk game perform? (12 fps is my guess...on a PPRO!)

Smalltalk is good for learning OOP, but not good for speed-dependent
programming, e.g. games, IMHO. It compiles to an interpreted bytecode,
like most BASICs, and unlike C or even C++. This makes it slow as molasses...

--
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 -()  <  When I go to the theater, I always go straight to the "bag and mix"
    `*'  bulk candy section...because variety is the spice of life... [me]
Paul Derbyshire ao950 AT freenet DOT carleton DOT ca, http://chat.carleton.ca/~pderbysh