[comp.object] OO language implementation benchmarks

sdl@lyra.mitre.org (Steven D. Litvinchouk) (03/03/90)

I am trying to do a performance comparision of two different object
oriented programming implementations (Smalltalk-80 from ParcPlace, and
MODSIM II from CACI).

These languages differ in some respects, but both provide the
essentials of OOP:  objects, inheritance and polymorphism.

Are there "de facto standard" benchmark programs that are used by the
OO community to measure the performance of things like: object
creation, instance variable access, dynamic method lookup, etc.?
(Both time and space performance are of interest to me.)  So far, the
only such benchmarks I know of are those that came as part of the
Smalltalk-80 distribution.  Are there others?

Please reply directly to me; I will post a summary of responses to
this newsgroup.  Thanx in advance!


Steven Litvintchouk
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Steven Litvintchouk
MITRE Corporation
Burlington Road
Bedford, MA  01730
(617)271-7753

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	"Where does he get those wonderful toys?"
				-- J. Nicholson