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<DIV><SPAN class=615085609-21072001><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Hi
Randy,</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=615085609-21072001><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>to develop
something equal to PARTS for Squeak it would require some infrastructure work
like the CompiledMethod subclass PARTSScript.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=615085609-21072001><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>PARTS relies on
having instance methods. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=615085609-21072001><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=615085609-21072001><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>If you seek some
replacement for VSE I would recommend you also to have a look at Dolphin, which
has an excellent design.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=615085609-21072001><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>VSE's qualities
were never reached in some aspects. VA has overtaken PARTS - but because they
compile every change in their Visual Designer they break</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=615085609-21072001><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>incremental
development.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=615085609-21072001><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>It looks that VSE's
active development has stopped in 1995 - recent updates were only
minor.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=615085609-21072001><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>We ourself are busy
to create a real Windows-Squeak ( LSWVST )- which required extending Squeak's VM
a lot.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=615085609-21072001><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Also our Smalltalk
target Translation ( based on Type Inference ).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=615085609-21072001><FONT face=Tahoma
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=615085609-21072001><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>We love Squeak
because there is a huge activity by it's community.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=615085609-21072001><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>So
long</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=615085609-21072001><FONT face=Tahoma size=2>Frank, <A
href="http://www.lesser-software.com">www.lesser-software.com</A></FONT> </SPAN></DIV>
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