Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!uxc.cso.uiuc.edu!m.cs.uiuc.edu!s.cs.uiuc.edu!haskins From: haskins@s.cs.uiuc.edu Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk Subject: Smalltalk/V286 vs Smalltalk-80? Message-ID: <208700003@s.cs.uiuc.edu> Date: 26 Sep 89 23:20:52 GMT Lines: 19 Nf-ID: #N:s.cs.uiuc.edu:208700003:000:722 Nf-From: s.cs.uiuc.edu!haskins Sep 25 20:27:00 1989 I am currently enrolled in a course where I am using Smalltalk-80 from Parc Place on a Tektronix machine. I have seen advertisements for Smalltalk/V286 in magazines, and am currently encumbered by a '286 clone. Can anybody give a quick comparison between the two, especially with respect to libraries, user interface, etc. What I am wondering is if I would be stuck with an incompatible or incomplete implementation should I spring for the Digitalk product. If this tends to be a perennial question asked by novices (I have only recently started reading this notesfile), I'd appreciate directions to the nearest archive. Thanks much. --------------------------------------- Lloyd M. Haskins -- haskins@cs.uiuc.edu