From: Joey Gibson <joey@...>
Date: 2004-01-23T11:51:13+09:00
Subject: Re: Proposal for programming language of the year

On Fri, 23 Jan 2004, Avi Bryant wrote:

> No, VW actually runs on lots of platforms - Windows, Mac, and various
> breeds of Unix.  Joey mentioned WindowsCE; I know there's been some
> experimental work done to get it on CE, but AFAIK it hasn't been
> released yet.

That's correct on the WinCE support; it's still a preview. In the Fall 2003
distro of VW, it's in the previews folder. It works pretty well even though
there is a bug in what's distributed. I worked with a Cincom engineer and he
got me a patch that will be included in the next release when the CE VM is
slated to moved from preview to gold.

> When I say Squeak is more portable, I'm talking about two things - one

After someone mentioned CE support in Squeak earlier today I downloaded one
of the CE builds to my PocketPC. It did run, although it was very flickery
and didn't behave well with other running programs. There are a few other
builds for CE that I am going to try before I give up, though.

> If anyone *is* looking for a well-integrated Windows-only Smalltalk,
> Dolphin is wonderful, and quite cheap.

I second this wholeheartedly. I've been a paid user of Dolphin Smalltalk
for about 3 or 4 years now and it's a wonderful product. Very solid.

Joey
--
Never trust a girl with your mother's cow,
never let your trousers go falling down in the green grass...

http://www.joeygibson.com
http://www.joeygibson.com/blog/life/Wisdom.html