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From: liz@umcp-cs.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Franz flavors?
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Date: Thu, 14-Jul-83 00:54:44 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jul 14 00:54:44 1983
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We have implemented the speed up for Franz flavors that Tim mentioned.
In fact, now when a message is sent to an object, the look up and
call of the corresponding message is normally done in C.  Since the
method table is now hashed and the function is called directly from
C, it turns out to be quite fast.

We have used the flavor system successfully in several large
projects.  The approach to programming with flavors is, as Tim
said, a very convenient way to think about programming.

Right now, we are revising our policy of distributing this and our
other packages.  I will make an announcement both here and on Franz
friends when the policy has been worked out -- probably next week.
-- 
				-Liz Allen
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