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The guy you're replying to is the guy behind GNU Smalltalk.

So what? I also implemented a couple of Smalltalk VMs, see https://github.com/rochus-keller/Smalltalk or https://github.com/rochus-keller/som, and I also spent a lot of time with the GNU ST implementation.

So what? So maybe you should listen to what they say about GNU Smalltalk. They might know a few things.

This is a discussion based on provable facts. Science needs no proof of authority.