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		pjmlp on Dec 13, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How many lines of C it takes to execute a + b in P... CPython is up to date with one specific Smalltalk implementation in 1987, when an ESP32 has better hardware resources than those systems, what a great achievement!

igouy on Dec 13, 2023 [–]

One way Smalltalk was made a better fit for number crunching: primitives.

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