19 Dec
1998
19 Dec
'98
6:37 a.m.
On Sat, 19 Dec 1998, D. Peschel wrote:
after that!) Squeak is a free version of Smalltalk,
very faithful to
the original Xerox plan, with full source. (It was written at Apple in
an apparemtn momemt of generosity -- I wish the Mac weren't such a closed
platform to get a compiler for.)
Submitted for your approval, the following:
About Squeak in General
--------------------------------
Squeak 2.2
(c) 1996 Apple Computer, Inc.
(c) 1997, 1998 Walt Disney
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Does anybody know why Mickey's four-fingered paw prints are on it? The
license agreement is strictly Apple and what little is mentioned in the
history of Squeak, does not account for the Disney copyright.
What does this have to do with Lego Mindstorms? Well,
someone is working on
a Smalltalk interface to Lego Mindstorms! (Unless my brain is fried, that
is.) I forget if it requires a commercial Smalltalk, but I suspect people
are interested in porting it to Squeak. I couldn't find the details -- the
articles seem to have expired. And I'm not going through my files (see
above -- anyway they're at home and I'm not). But this is a very good sign
for education.
Squeak is currently being ported to a lot of things, particularly small
things. There is a WinCE version and a strong push to put it on the Pilot.
-- Steve