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From: jans@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Jan Steinman)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk
Subject: Re: Future evolution of Smalltalk-80
Message-ID: <6836@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM>
Date: 9 Feb 90 21:29:20 GMT
Distribution: comp.lang.smalltalk
Organization: Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, Or.
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<For example, does anyone know what the much-awaited color imaging model in 
Smalltalk will be like?  Also, are there any plans to provide some kind of 
"Interface Builder" to facilitate developing user interfaces without so much 
MVC hacking?>

What do you mean, "much awaited"?  A solid color model has been available in 
Tek Smalltalk since 1986!  Over two person-years went into Tek Color Smalltalk, 
with much of that spent on building a layered architecture.  Personally, I'd 
love to see the portable part become a standard, but there's NIH to deal with.  
There was a paper, but it's not in OOPSLA '86, '87, or '89.  (I don't have '88 
handy, and it might be in JOOP.  Rebecca Wirfs-Brock, Mike Miller, and Roxanne 
Rochat were the authors.)

Also available with Tek Smalltalk is Glazier, a user interface builder.  I've 
played with it a bit -- It's not as spiffy as NeXT's IB, but hey, it comes with 
source!  See OOPSLA '87 proceedings: "Painless Panes for Smalltalk Windows" by 
Jim Alexander.

							   Jan Steinman - N7JDB
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