"David T. Lewis" <lewis at mail.msen.com> wrote:
> Thanks for your kind words. I am forced to admit, though, that a Smalltalk
> implemention of a Unix command line shell is pretty far off on the useless
> end of the spectrum. But with suitable encouragement, I might be prompted (sic)
> to forge onward. Next on my agenda is an implementation of Model33ksrMorph,
> which will implement a tty interface on which to enter commands to the Shell.
> This will hopefully be viewed as significant advance over the somewhat archaic
> PunchedCard previously implemented by Bob Arning.
> 
> Just kidding. Maybe.
> 

It actually seems quite useful to me.  I'd much rather use a SqueakTerm
than bash running in an xterm.  I spend most of time time using Squeak
nowadays, but there are still things I need to use an xterm and bash
for.  It would be great if X could use a Squeak interface instead!


-Lex