> Smalltalk is to Ruby as a violin is to a zither.  A bit more work buys one a
> lot more music, but if you promised to play at your sister's wedding next
> month you may want to put your Jascha Heifetz dreams on the back burner for
> now.  <g>

You all answer the same way, you are all poet. But nobody answer the question :

What are the  "technical" differences ? 

It seems you are convinced by something you can't argue.

-- 
Damien Cassou
  pour le Software Composition Group a Berne