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From: caw@munmurra.cs.mu.oz (Chris Wright)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Smalltalk for the Mac
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Date: 10 Apr 89 05:26:10 GMT
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Reply-To: caw@munmurra.cs.mu.oz (Chris Wright)
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I tried mailing this reply to hod@unigs.CH but the mailer spat it out...
I have a copy of the Apple Smalltalk (V0.4), and the digitalk Smalltalk/V, 
and the digitalk version wins hands down (IMHO). It is fast, 
compatible with the (gag) IBM version, and runs on a 4MB SE
under multifinder using approx 1500K. The syntax is not pure Smalltalk80,
but the manual is excellent, and price sure beats the pants of the ParcPlace
version (a full ST80).
I have found the apple ST to be slow, and almost unusable on an SE. On a II
one must have the color or grey scale disabled (2 bits / pixel ?).
The digitalk version also comes with a Prolog implementation (Prolog/V)
and the combination of st and prolog raises some interesting possibilities.
More when I've had a longer play with smalltalk/V
(hopefully the mailer will work!)

chris wright