Squeak vs. Python for this task on hand...

Lex Spoon lex at cc.gatech.edu
Sat Dec 13 17:47:52 UTC 2003


John M McIntosh <johnmci at smalltalkconsulting.com> wrote:
> ? SmallScript = S#?
> 
> Ah, it was SmallScript spawn from AOS Smalltalk , but my suggestion to  
> David back at OOPSLA 2002 was to call it S# instead, one of the Sharp  
> languages for .NET you see.  Actually I had floated the idea in front  
> of a few smalltalk vm folks there, but David snatched the idea and had  
> changed the VM name string by the afternoon's slide presentation so he  
> got ownership first.
> 
> Perhaps you're thinking of John Brant's Smalltalk for .NET or  
> (#Smalltalk)

I was definitely thinking of John Brant's versus David Simmons' .  But I
had overlooked S# versus #Smalltalk -- maybe S# = SmallScript after all.
 My bad, Stef.

This should be in the Smalltalk FAQ, if it is still being updated!

Lex



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