[Newbies] What is Squeak called a "practical" Smalltalk

[Chris Muller]

It's a philosophy more than technical application.  It means many, but
not all, decisions w.r.t development of the system are motivated by
real-world requirements.  Requirements like legacy applications able
to keep running.

On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 11:41 PM, Azka Niazi <azka.akn at live.com> wrote:
> Squeak is referred to as a practical Smalltalk. "Practical" must technically
> mean something. What goals of practicality has Squeak achieved versus other
> Smalltalks or other programming environment/languages.
>
> Regards,
> Azka
>
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