This exchange was in response to my pointer to squeak.org and the
possibility of HyperTalk syntax being used in Squeak.

I thought that I'd crosspost it to allow exchange of information between
people that actually understand the issues..



on 11/22/00 2:54 PM, Adrian Sutton at z1419539 at cit.gu.edu.au wrote:

>> Is Squeak an xTalk?
> 
> No.  Very much no.  Squeak is a SmallTalk which is highly object oriented
> and nothing like an xTalk.  Squeak will not be a "HyperCard done right".  It
> may turn out to be better than HyperCard, but it is just so different from
> HC that it could not be called HC done right.  There was an extensive
> discussion on Squeak both on this list and the FreeCard-general list quite a
> while back now.
> 
>> Michael
> 
> Adrian Sutton

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