The current project involving this technique is the DynamicTranslation JITter.
Dynamic Translation is the standard technique used in VisualWorks and most other commercial Smalltalks to accelerate performance. Just In Time {JIT} compilation is just another name for Dynamic Translation: On-the-fly compiling of bytecodes (usually to native machine code), in almost real time - powerful, but technically challenging. Another good term might be Interpretive Compiling. Ian Piumarta is working on translation into Threaded Code which is easier, portable, and should give a reasonable performance boost. – Hans-Martin Mosner
