Xref: utzoo comp.lang.smalltalk:2364 comp.os.os2.misc:388 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!samsung!munnari.oz.au!metro!news From: objtch@extro.ucc.su.oz.au (Peter Goodall) Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.os.os2.misc Subject: Re: IBM and Digitalk's Smalltalk /VPM Keywords: IBM Digitalk Smalltalk ParcPlace Message-ID: Date: 25 Nov 90 19:35:01 GMT References: <1990Nov20.193618.23602@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de> <1990Nov21.174406.16610@sun1.ruf.uni-freiburg.de> Sender: news@metro.ucc.su.OZ.AU (news) Distribution: comp Organization: Uni Computing Service, Uni of Sydney, Australia Lines: 37 Nntp-Posting-Host: extro.ucc.su.oz.au Thanks for the followups folks, To continue.. An article was posted to comp.object by Ed Berard on the 22nd Nov which mentions a front-page articel in Computerworld - "IBM on Object-Oriented Path" by Rosemary Hamilton. Un fortunately we have a local edition in Australia which didn't run the same article. We did get on by the same author titled: "IBM to adapt AD/Cycle to OOP Environment" This could be the same article re-edited. From my information and this article it is apparent that IBM has been using Smalltalk/VPM extensively to develop Office Vision. There has been some talk of a Smalltalk to C translator - which I doubt really exists - it is more likely to be a bunch of methods on some classes in the user-interface which generate a C equivalent of Jthe recieving instance. In the article I have seen there is also mention that ParcPlace systems have a also signed a license agreement with IBM. Any furtherinfo? This could be very useful for uor Smalltalk careers. PS Sorry about the typos, its not easy using VI through a noisy line. ---------------------------- Peter Goodall Smalltalk Systems Consultant ObjecTech P/L 162 Burns Bay Rd, LANE COVE , NSW, AUSTRALIA objtch@extro.ucc.su.oz.au