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From: MacUserLabs@cup.portal.com (Stephan - Somogyi)
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Subject: Re: Smalltalks for the Mac....
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Date: 6 Dec 88 22:37:31 GMT
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Another Smalltalk implementation for the Mac is Smalltalk/V from
Digitalk.

Since I am currently a Smalltalk neophyte, I cannot say how good it is
from the purely Smalltalk point of view, but I like the docs quite a
lot. It comes with a comprehensive set of tutorials as well as quite a
bit of source. The entirety of Smalltalk/V (except for the lowest
level primitives) is in Smalltalk, so you can modify to your heart's
content.

When asked to compare with Smalltalk-80, the Digitalk people said that
the list price is $199 (I don't know the street price). They also said
that Smalltalk-80 comes with more methods and classes, but that those
that Smalltalk/V lacked could be generated fairly easily by someone
who knew Smalltalk well.

Digitalk's address is:

Digitalk, Inc.
9841 Airport Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90045
(213) 645-1082

Basically, I can't say which of the products are better, but
Smalltalk/V seems to offer most of the functionality at a fraction of
the price.

Stephan

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