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From: hzabokrz@nbrws43.uucp (Zabokrzycki)
Subject: Re: Cross-Platform Smalltalk?
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Sender: Henry Zabokrzycki <henryz@nt.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 1995 19:53:46 GMT
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In article <3idos6$bfg@news.hboc.com>,
Niranjan Perera <niranjan.perera@hboc.com> wrote:
>In article <3ibctj$3po@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, steve@viper.ELP.CWRU.Edu (Steve Cox) says:
>>
>>
>>What is currently the best Smalltalk environment for developing
>>applications to deploy under OS/2, Windows 3.1/WIN32, and MAC OS?
>>
>>Classes for communications (TCP/IP), databases, and multimedia 
>>support are a big plus.
>>
>>Native widgets and multithread support for each platform also a 
>>big plus.
>>
>>IBM VisualAge satisfies most of my requirements for OS/2 and Windows,
>>but I need to tackle the 'M' word this year.
>>
>>Any suggestions and advantages/disadvantages of specific products
>>appreciated.
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>
>>Steve Cox
>>Library Collections Services
>>Case Western Reserve University
>>
>
>And the big winner ( I am biased!!! ) is VisualWorks from PPS.
>
>
>-- Niranjan
>--
>self devNull: aFlame

I'd be curious to hear from any PP VisualWorks customers how well apps port
among HP UX, MAC and MS Windows. We have such a requirement for a new 
application.
 
Henry Zabokrzycki     henryz@nt.com
