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From: tblanch@lookout (Todd Blanchard)
Subject: Re: Best Smalltalk for Mac/PMac
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Date: Mon, 27 Feb 1995 21:19:56 GMT
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: >In article <1995Feb16.185903.11726@zippy.dct.ac.uk>, jde@cancer.dct.ac.uk (Jonathan Edwards) says:
: >>
: >>I am currently working on a PC using Digitalk Smalltalk/V V2. Which, If
: >>any Smalltalks would be best to use to port this with the minimum of
: >>fuss to a POWERMAC environment? 
: >
: >I am facing a similar problem where I need to develop an application that
: >will run on both the Mac and on Windows, with a minimum of porting effort.
: >The important part of this is that this is to be a shrink-wrapped deal,
: >with the software costing $10-$15. That means they want to keep it on one
: >disk and cannot afford any runtime royalties.
: >
: >I called Digitalk today and they told me they were no longer supporting
: >the Mac. So now what? Is it back to Visual C++ 2.0 on NT or -- shudder --
: >FoxPro?

For maximum portability, VisualWorks seems to be the way to go.  But its
not the best Smalltalk on the Mac.  That honor would go to
SmalltalkAgents.  STA should be native on the PowerMac sometime in March
and should ship for Windoze Q3-4 95.

Todd Blanchard
