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From: klimas@astro.pc.ab.com
Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk
Subject: Re: Performance of Smalltalk/V Mac on a Mac+
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Date: 3 Jul 90 22:28:55 GMT
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> As a vehicle for learning Smalltalk, is the performance of
> Smalltalk/V Mac on an a Mac Plus....
> 
>           good?
>           great?
>           acceptable?
>           painful?
> 
> Since I'll be learning Smalltalk, I kind of like the fact that it is
> an interpreter.  Also, I'll be upgrading to at least 2.5 Meg of
> memory.

	For learning purposes ST/V-Mac is at least, good performance
	based upon comments from users I am aware of.  ParcPlace of
	course also has an implementation of ST-80 which is very good
	but requires more memory.