Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site umcp-cs.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!seismo!rlgvax!cvl!umcp-cs!liz From: liz@umcp-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.lang.lisp Subject: Re: Franz flavors? Message-ID: <795@umcp-cs.UUCP> Date: Thu, 14-Jul-83 00:54:44 EDT Article-I.D.: umcp-cs.795 Posted: Thu Jul 14 00:54:44 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Jul-83 21:22:46 EDT References: <5543@unc.UUCP> Organization: Univ. of Maryland, Computer Science Dept. Lines: 17 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 ...!seismo!umcp-cs!liz (Usenet) liz.umcp-cs@Udel-Relay (Arpanet)