<s>
Smalltalk	B-Language
MT	I-Language
is	O
an	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
Smalltalk	B-Application
programming	I-Application
language	I-Application
created	O
in	O
1994	O
by	O
Tarik	O
Kerroum	O
to	O
deal	O
with	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
shortcomings	O
of	O
Smalltalk-80	B-Application
style	O
of	O
implementations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smalltalk	B-Language
MT	I-Language
adopts	O
a	O
different	O
approach	O
in	O
that	O
the	O
Smalltalk	B-Application
source	O
is	O
compiled	B-Language
to	O
machine	B-Language
code	I-Language
before	O
being	O
executed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
allows	O
the	O
developer	O
the	O
freedom	O
of	O
working	O
with	O
compiled	B-Language
code	O
without	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
the	O
traditional	O
compile-link-run	O
cycle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
like	O
a	O
specialized	O
form	O
of	O
incremental	O
or	O
dynamic	B-Application
compilation	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smalltalk	B-Language
MT	I-Language
directly	O
interfaces	O
to	O
DLLs	O
in	O
exactly	O
the	O
same	O
manner	O
as	O
C	B-Language
which	O
allows	O
DLL	O
calls	O
to	O
be	O
tested	O
directly	O
in	O
a	O
Workspace	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
a	O
scripting	O
style	O
of	O
approach	O
to	O
accessing	O
any	O
DLL	O
based	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
WINAPI	O
call	O
directly	O
calls	O
the	O
DLL	O
function	O
_strrev	O
natively	O
passing	O
parameters	O
from	O
the	O
Smalltalk	B-Application
environment	O
to	O
the	O
C	B-Language
environment	O
and	O
back	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smalltalk	B-Language
MT	I-Language
has	O
a	O
close	O
integration	O
with	O
COM	O
objects	O
and	O
fully	O
compiled	B-Language
COM	O
components	O
can	O
be	O
created	O
that	O
operate	O
in	O
exactly	O
the	O
same	O
way	O
as	O
C/C	O
++	O
COM	O
objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1998	O
David	O
Anderson	O
teamed	O
up	O
with	O
Tarik	O
Kerroum	O
to	O
advance	O
Smalltalk	B-Language
MT	I-Language
into	O
the	O
high	O
performance	O
and	O
graphics	O
areas	O
.	O
</s>
