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From: andrew@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk (Andrew Jones)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk
Subject: Re: Smalltalk-80 version 2.5
Message-ID: <1127@cf-cm.UUCP>
Date: 18 Dec 89 20:17:02 GMT
Reply-To: andrew@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk (Andrew Jones)
Organization: University of Wales College of Cardiff, Cardiff, WALES, UK.
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I would like to thank people for responding to my query about ST80 v. 2.5.
It seems that it is still definitely SMALLTALK, and that at a blue-book
level and MVC level there is little changed from earlier versions. Improvements
have been made to some of the lower-level aspects of Smalltalk, such as
the file system, and BlockContexts. One thing that was of particular
relief to me was that the Debugger now works at full speed, not the
estimated 1/1000th of the ordinary speed which it used to work at (see
somewhere in The Green Book for this estimate).

Actually, we have found out since my posting that it is possible to put
ST80 up on one of the SUN machines in its current configuration, and have
very recently received ST80 version 2.5. It seems alright, although I find
it very frustrating that execution freezes when I move the cursor to the
border of the window in which Smalltalk is running. I suppose it's just
that I'm used to Smalltalk taking over the machine.

Anyway, thanks again!

Andrew.