> On Aug 14, 2016, at 4:42 PM, Henrik Nergaard <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Why is “[ * ] repeat” almost twice as slow as “[ * . true ] whileTrue” ?
#repeat isn’t optimized by the compiler like #whileTrue is. I don’t know if there is a reason for this, but most every other Smalltalk (Squeak, VW, & Dolphin) optimize the #repeat method. John Brant
