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From: johnson@p.cs.uiuc.edu
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Subject: Re: Objectworks for Smalltalk-80
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Date: 1 Mar 90 17:40:20 GMT
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Nf-From: p.cs.uiuc.edu!johnson    Feb 28 16:54:00 1990


Tim Hansell is almost right about Objectworks.  ParcPlace does have
two products, Objectworks for Smalltalk-80 and Objectworks for C++.
However, the C++ system does NOT compile C++ into byte-codes.
Instead, Objectworks for C++ is a programming environment for C++
that is written in Smalltalk.  It uses regular C++ compilers (in
particular, the AT&T one), but executes them on the command of
the Smalltalk program.  Of course, Smalltalk is invisible to the
user of Objectworks for C++, so C++ programmers don't have to be
frightened that they will be forced to learn a better language!

Ralph Johnson  --  Smalltalk and C++ programmer