IBM Open Sources Multi-core Smalltalk VM (opens in new tab)

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rbanffy15y ago· 2 in thread

Let me be the first to say it: Wow!

tialysOP15y ago

That was my reaction as well. I've been learning Smalltalk recently, and this seems like a really great addition to Squeak!

rbanffy15y ago

I learned a bit of Smalltalk in the mid-80's. It took me eight years to decide to learn C++ after that. It never felt very object oriented (or oriented).

superjared15y ago· 1 in thread

Is anyone here using Smalltalk for a production application? What are your thoughts on this VM?

cwp15y ago

It's still at the research stage. It won't be production-ready for a while.

protomyth15y ago· 1 in thread

And Squeak just went to a massive effort to get everything MIT licensed. Wonder if they will incorporate this given its license.

rasur15y ago

addendum: My mistake, there appear to be some Pharo oriented files in the release already. Happy days.

whyenot15y ago· 1 in thread

Today, the RoarVM supports the parallel execution of Smalltalk programs on x86 compatible multicore systems and Tilera TILE64-based manycore systems. It is tested with standard Squeak 4.1 closure-enabled images, and with a stripped down version of a MVC-based Squeak 3.9 image.

Combined with the recent efforts to tidy up and pare down Squeak's image, this is really exciting!

rbanffy15y ago

Now I really want a Tilera workstation.

sedachv15y ago

I got all excited, and then:

"Hosting an Object Heap on Manycore Hardware: An Exploration"

and

"Garbage collector is as simple as possible it is neither concurrent nor parallel performance can be problematic"

Well, they've solved the allocation part... but that's kind of not really useful without a concurrent+parallel collector.

raphar15y ago

Anyone knows if there are Tilera powered systems in production environment? (And what can you run on them?)

I happen to have a manycore fetiche :D

Edit: http://www.tilera.com/solutions/cloud_computing

I want one of these. Anyone has one of these SQ2?

rasur15y ago

It will be interesting to see if Pharo merges in this work, but.. regardless, this is an excellent development and I look forwards to playing with it.

cies15y ago

i hope for a ruby front-end will emerge for it.

like what happened with maglev: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/MagLev_%28Rub...

a language cannot have enough active implementations. yet only needs one spec.

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13 comments

13 comments · 8 top-level

rbanffy15y ago· 2 in thread

Let me be the first to say it: Wow!

tialysOP15y ago

That was my reaction as well. I've been learning Smalltalk recently, and this seems like a really great addition to Squeak!

rbanffy15y ago

I learned a bit of Smalltalk in the mid-80's. It took me eight years to decide to learn C++ after that. It never felt very object oriented (or oriented).

superjared15y ago· 1 in thread

Is anyone here using Smalltalk for a production application? What are your thoughts on this VM?

cwp15y ago

It's still at the research stage. It won't be production-ready for a while.

protomyth15y ago· 1 in thread

And Squeak just went to a massive effort to get everything MIT licensed. Wonder if they will incorporate this given its license.

rasur15y ago

addendum: My mistake, there appear to be some Pharo oriented files in the release already. Happy days.

whyenot15y ago· 1 in thread

Combined with the recent efforts to tidy up and pare down Squeak's image, this is really exciting!

rbanffy15y ago

Now I really want a Tilera workstation.

sedachv15y ago

I got all excited, and then:

"Hosting an Object Heap on Manycore Hardware: An Exploration"

and

"Garbage collector is as simple as possible it is neither concurrent nor parallel performance can be problematic"

Well, they've solved the allocation part... but that's kind of not really useful without a concurrent+parallel collector.

raphar15y ago

Anyone knows if there are Tilera powered systems in production environment? (And what can you run on them?)

I happen to have a manycore fetiche :D

Edit: http://www.tilera.com/solutions/cloud_computing

I want one of these. Anyone has one of these SQ2?

rasur15y ago

It will be interesting to see if Pharo merges in this work, but.. regardless, this is an excellent development and I look forwards to playing with it.

cies15y ago

i hope for a ruby front-end will emerge for it.

like what happened with maglev: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/MagLev_%28Rub...

a language cannot have enough active implementations. yet only needs one spec.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse