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From: jjacobs@well.sf.ca.us (Jeffrey Jacobs)
Newsgroups: comp.object
Subject: Re: Is Smalltalk for real in MS-DOS?
Keywords: smalltalk, CASE
Message-ID: <22574@well.sf.ca.us>
Date: 12 Jan 91 02:22:24 GMT
References: <1991Jan4.004138.7013@ashtate>
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Smalltalk is a very large system, with only two vendors, ParcPlace and
Digitalk.  Compatibility between the two is so-so.  DT is concentrating
primarily on OS/2, ParcPlace on various UNIX platforms.

Performance is generally on the slow side.  This really isn't a compiler
per se, nor are the runtime facilities particularly well suited to
commercial development.

The language/paradigm is somewhat difficult for people to learn.
Finally, 4GL's are more attuned to handling large amounts and sets of
data.  ST is targeted at sophisticated user interactions and graphics.

Jeffrey M. Jacobs
ConsArt Systems Inc, Technology & Management Consulting
P.O. Box 3016, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
voice: (213)376-3802, E-Mail: 76702.456@COMPUSERVE.COM