Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Smalltalk in a C world. |
| Authors: |
Chisnall, David1 David.Chisnall@cl.cam.ac.uk |
| Source: |
Science of Computer Programming. Dec2014 Part 1, Vol. 96, p4-16. 13p. |
| Subjects: |
Smalltalk (Computer program language), Programming languages, Computer programming, Dylan (Computer program language), Computer software development |
| Abstract: |
A modern developer is presented with a continuum of choices of programming languages, ranging from assembly languages and C up to high-level domain-specific languages. It is very rare for a single language to be the best possible choice for everything, and the sweet spot with an optimal trade between ease of development and performance changes depending on the target platform. We present an interoperable framework for allowing code written in C (potentially with inline assembly), Objective-C, Smalltalk, and higher-level domain-specific languages to coexist with very low cognitive or performance overhead. Our implementation shares an underlying object model, in interpreted, JIT-compiled and statically compiled code among all languages, allowing a single object to have methods implemented in any of the supported languages. We also describe several techniques that we have used to improve the performance of late-bound dynamic languages. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
|
Copyright of Science of Computer Programming is the property of Elsevier B.V. and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.) |
| Database: |
Engineering Source |
