If you are deploying on a Windows platform you should
consider Dolphin Smalltalk and Smalltalk/MT. I have used
the former and find it to be a very nice environment. I have
not used the latter but have heard good things about it as well.

John Duncan wrote:

> > but I have a basic question: if I do a program in
> > squeak...I can use it only
> > using squeak environment. Can't I ?
> > Or may I generate executables for the hosting OS ?
> >
>
> Yes, that's essentially correct at this time.  If you want to use
> Smalltalk but make it seem more like you have generated executables
> for a host OS, you should look into Cincom VisualWorks Non-Commercial,
> which should be available at the following link:
>
> http://www.cincom.com/visualworks/downloads.html
>
> Also, Cincom purchased ObjectStudio which they are making available
> for free for non-commercial users.  It seems to be a
> lifecycle-oriented tool.
>
> Most of us Squeakers have not found the image-only limitation to be
> much of a limitation.  After all, you can "package" an image so that
> it cannot be edited.  This makes it possible to finish development and
> then write out a new image that you secure.  Even then, one of the
> great aspects of Smalltalk is the ease of repair of running systems,
> so this is not a favorite option.  I'd probably only use it if there
> were a requirement that the system be made idiot-proof at the cost of
> flexibility.
>
> -John