From: Joey Gibson <joey@...>
Date: 2004-01-22T22:43:21+09:00
Subject: Re: Proposal for programming language of the year

On 1/22/2004 8:22 AM, Rasputin wrote:

> Avi Bryant wrote:
>
>> Carsten Eckelmann <careck@circle42.com> wrote in message 
>> news:<400E16B5.6070505@circle42.com>...
>>  
>>
>>> Joey Gibson wrote:
>>>
>>>   
>>>
>>>> Why limit yourselves to using Squeak? Cincom Smalltalk (nee 
>>>> VisualWorks) is available in a non-commercial version for free. 
>>>> It's not crippled at all and it is free. Those of us who used 
>>>> VisualWorks years ago will remember how nice it is. Here's the URL: 
>>>> http://www.cincom.com/scripts/smalltalk.dll/downloads/index.ssp
>>>>     
>>>
>>> Why exactly is using Squeak a limitation? Could you expand a little 
>>> more on that subject? I thought Squeak is a full-featured Smalltalk 
>>> system?
>>>   
>>
>>
>> It is.  I don't really know what "limitations" Joey means, but here
>> are some differences:
>>  
>>
> <snip>
>
>> - Squeak is much more portable: it runs bit and pixel identical on
>> every major desktop platform, some minor ones (Acorn, anyone?),
>> PocketPC etc
>>  
>>
>
> Thats the clincher for me - is VisualWorks windows only?


It runs on several platforms including Windows, Linux, WinCE and several 
others.

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