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From: johnson@p.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Future evolution of Smalltalk-80
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Date: 11 Feb 90 17:39:41 GMT
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Nf-From: p.cs.uiuc.edu!johnson    Feb 10 09:45:00 1990


If you want the official ParcPlace position on a subject then
you should probably ask ParcPlace.  However, ParcPlace doesn't
have complete control over Smalltalk.  Not only does Digitalk
also make a Smalltalk, but there are lots of companies that
build tools for Smalltalk.  Most of them make these tools for
their own use, not for resale.  However, there was an announcement
in this newsgroup a few months ago about an interface builder that
a company was developing for resale, and announcements like that
will get more common as (if?) Smalltalk gets more popular.

Peter Deutsch had a paper in ECOOP 89 called "The Past, Present,
and Future of Smalltalk" that gives hints about ParcPlace's plans.

Ralph Johnson