> From: John M McIntosh <johnmci at smalltalkconsulting.com>
> 1) Yes you could have a true Unix based application for Squeak  
under OS-X,
> just make it part of the Unix tree, OS-X *IS* Unix.

Why do you say 'could'?  The MacOS-X and MacOS-X-server ports of  
Squeak are just that, true Unix Squeaks, and have been for quite a  
while now.

However, it is different from the other Unixen in that it doesn't  
use X-Windows, using native windowing accessed from Cocoa instead.   
So it isn't a straight version of the Unix line, although it does  
share the common socket and file I/O code, stuff like that.  (Note to  
self: update the sockets code!).

On the other hand, it looks like the easiest way to support sound  
will be to use the Carbon routines, so the 'Unix version' of MacOS-X  
squeak might start to import code from the 'classic' MacOS line.

I see Carbon as a pure legacy-support option that isn't really  
necessary for Squeak.  The MacOS-X(-server) version runs images  
bit-compatibly and has been around for, what, something like two  
years now.

Marcel