> For those of you who sometimes need to do things outside of the
> Squeak VM, have tried Python... I just wanted to mention Ruby:
> http://www-4.ibm.com/software/developer/library/ruby.html
> 
> (I found it to be as close to Smalltalk as you can get)
> -Francois-

That depends on whether you're talking about syntax or functionality, but in
either case I think TOM (http://www.gerbil.org/tom/) probably wins against
Ruby on both accounts.  Concentrating more on the functionality than the
syntax, I think you can't ignore Dylan, which has many of the same design
concepts as Smalltalk and Self, even though it does have a radically altered
syntax.  To be honest, I don't even really see why you think Ruby is that
Smalltalk like.

Just my $0.02.
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