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Avi Bryant  
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 More options Dec 17 2004, 7:56 am
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From: "Avi Bryant" <avi.bry...@gmail.com>
Date: 17 Dec 2004 04:56:26 -0800
Local: Fri, Dec 17 2004 7:56 am
Subject: Re: New Smalltalk Release
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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)


 
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