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From: tg
Subject: Re: Object Technology: What will JAVA do that Smalltalk won't do?
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Date: Thu, 5 Oct 1995 14:19:16 GMT
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I am not familiar with SmallTalk; still, I guess Java can do the following which
SmallTalk might not.

Java has builtin support for multi-threading and data access synchronisation.

The Java run-time environment can run various levels of security checks 
if you access network objects.
 
Java probably allows multiple class hierarchies whereas SmallTalk I guess is a 
single class hierararchy system in which every thing derives from a common "Object".

BTW, Java language features are supposed to have been influenced by C++, Eiffel, SmallTalk, Objective C, and Cedar/Mesa.

.tg.

