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Hi Thomas,
 
There are a lot of differences between SLM and Dinker (forgive me if I can't
think of all of them).  Neither can be thought of as a superset of the other.
However, as SLM evolves, this may someday be the case.
 
Here are the differences I can think of:
 
SLM is supported by Apple and will continue to grow and develop; Dinker is not
supported.
 
SLM allows you to share libraries of code between several applications; Dinker
does not.
 
Dinker allows you to develop an application that can dynamically load
extensions, either at the start of the application or later on as a result of a
use command.  The extensions can be developed independently of the application,
perhaps by a different person or organization.  I don't believe SLM currently
supports this.
 
Dinker works with modified versions of MacApp 2.0 and 3.0; SLM is not
compatible with MacApp, because SLM does not support PascalObject (maybe
Bedrock will support SLM???)
 
SLM includes support for memory and object allocation at interrupt time, and
other goodies that make it useful for system level programming (it was designed
to support networking protocols).
 
I'm sure I missed somethings, and my details might be a bit sketchy.  Check the
documentation on E.T.O #9 for more information!
 
Mike Lockwood