You seem to be suggesting that Smalltalk implementations are a whole lot faster than current Ruby ?
They are a whole lot faster than Matz's 2008 Ruby 1.8.7 but so is current Ruby:
https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...
and
"Largest Provider of Commercial Smalltalk
...Cincom is the largest commercial provider of Smalltalk in the world, with twice as many partners and customers than all other commercial providers combined."
http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/main/products/visualworks/
"Generally they are in the same league."
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17482481
You seem to be suggesting that Smalltalk implementations are a whole lot faster than current Ruby ?
They are a whole lot faster than Matz's 2008 Ruby 1.8.7 but so is current Ruby:
https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...