3 Apr
1999
3 Apr
'99
10:27 p.m.
On Sat, 3 Apr 1999, Derek Peschel wrote:
I hope you'll try Squeak again, though. Are you
using UNIX? You may find
the MS-Windows and Mac versions more stable. Smalltalk's mechanism of
message passing and the "everything is an object" philosophy give it a
unique power.
I was using the Windows 95 version, and it was constantly swapping. I have
16 megs RAM, but I hardly think it should take that much. Is there a GNU
smalltalk? Is it possible to get a PC-comptaible version of the type of
Smalltalk used for the Alto?
It seems that in LISP, everything is an object too, BTW. What I found
really amazing is that a name can have a function, a list, and a list of
properties associated with it. And, of course, how simple it is from a
low-level point of view.
--Max Eskin (max82(a)surfree.com)