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From: vlad@world2u.com (Vlastimil Adamovsky)
Subject: Re: Better times for Smalltalk
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marten@feki.toppoint.de (Marten Feldtmann) wrote:

>In article <DyzJB2.5oK@news2.new-york.net>,
>Vlastimil Adamovsky <vlad@world2u.com> wrote:

> And *why* is binary portability a joke ?

Because you cannot use the whole power of the underlying OS.

> What does this has to do with
>Smalltalk/MT (running only under Windows) or Smalltalk/X (running "only"
>under Unix and X) ?

I wrote it as an example of Smalltalks running "only" under Windows x.x or Unix.

> Actually *I* would like to see a Smalltalk, based on a source code
>portability between platforms, 

Me too....

>but actually very near (but still on an
>abstraction level above ..) the host system. 


> What I also would expect from the third-party market: wrappers for
>additional add-ons on Windows and OS/2 plattforms - not these large
>solutions, but small practical solutions (perhaps only one class for a
>product) on the main plattforms like (for nice prices - of course):

> - OpenGL support on Windows'NT, Windows'95 and OS/2
> - Rexx support under OS/2
> - Multimedia-support under OS/2, Windows'95
> - More network stuff to LAN-Server, Novell-Netware, NT-Server, FTP, HTTP
> - Report-Writers based on Crystal-Reports under Windows xyz
> - PGP access from Smalltalk ...

I think we are tuned on the same wave.....

> Marten


 Vlastimil Adamovsky
 ** C++ and Smalltalk consultant**
 **http://www.stepweb.com*********

