From: Avi Bryant Date: 2004-12-17T21:57:15+09:00 Subject: Re: New Smalltalk Release gabriele renzi wrote: > I think the point of ambrai ST is to be "The SmallTalk For OSX". > VisualWorks, Squeak, and other vendor do provide linux compatibility, > anyway. My understanding is that they've been quite careful to keep it portable, so that a version for Linux or Windows would "simply" be a matter of reimplementing the UI framework. Whether or not they ever actually do that work is another matter; the Mac OS space is certainly a niche that needed filling, but competing on Windows or Linux would be more difficult. And it's "Smalltalk" not "SmallTalk". That capital T tends to be a very good way to annoy Smalltalkers ;). BTW, some people on this list might be amused by the following post from comp.lang.smalltalk. It's referring to the new command-line tool that ships with Ambrai. I thought "Smalltalk (non-ruby)" was an interesting choice of words: > My first Smalltalk (non-ruby) CommandLine Application > > 1) Create a file called test.st: > ----- > > #!/usr/bin/smalltalk -r > ConsoleWriteStream default nextPutAll: 'Hello World';cr. > > ----- > > 2) call chmod +x test.st > > 3) execute: > > ./test.st > > I've been doing smalltalk on and off for about ten years. Never wrote > this app before (not including ruby)