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Article #40614Re: Smalltalk for the Mac
From: Mark Hastings
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1989 17:39
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 1989 17:39
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In article <1363@murtoa.cs.mu.oz.au> caw@munmurra.cs.mu.oz (Chris Wright) writes: > >I tried mailing this reply to hod@unigs.CH but the mailer spat it out... >I have a copy of the Apple Smalltalk (V0.4), and the digitalk Smalltalk/V, >and the digitalk version wins hands down (IMHO). It is fast, >compatible with the (gag) IBM version, and runs on a 4MB SE >under multifinder using approx 1500K. The syntax is not pure Smalltalk80, >but the manual is excellent, and price sure beats the pants of the ParcPlace >version (a full ST80). Since I haven't seen any mention of this, I would remind academic users that ParcPlace's educational discount for the full Smalltalk-80 is $150 (could be $200 -- I don't have the reference at hand). This makes it as cheap, if not cheaper than Digitalk/V. I have no idea whether it is really usable in 2mb on a SE/Plus, though. >chris wright --Mark
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!pasteur!pine.Berkeley.EDU!hastings From: hastings@pine.Berkeley.EDU (Mark Hastings) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: Smalltalk for the Mac Message-ID: <12187@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> Date: 10 Apr 89 17:39:02 GMT References: <1363@murtoa.cs.mu.oz.au> Sender: news@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU Reply-To: hastings@pine.Berkeley.EDU (Mark Hastings) Organization: University of California at Berkeley Lines: 19