Hello. I'm new here and so thought I would introduce myself.
I've been working off & on in/with/on various implimentations and incarnations of Smalltalk since '91.
I'just recently discovered Squeak.... it's fantastic. It has the clean lines of the original Smalltalk-80 that originally caught my attention. I'm especially impressed with the extension of the Smalltalk principle of reflexion taken to the full extent.. the VM itself. I've started a project to build a version of Rod Brooks Behaviour language (tentatively called "Behave Yourself" :-) and a subsumption architecture VM in Squeak (I had recently begun in VWNC). I've switched to Squeak due to a) it's openness, and b) the VM building support that is built in. A Smalltalk implementation of the Virtual Subsumpton Machine (VSM) was going to be a central feature of the system, with a handcrafted C version developed for use on embedded hardware. Now, with the Squeak tools, the C version can be generated.
And lastly, Squeak has the "fun" feel that Smalltalk-80 had.. that has been lost in VW, VA, etc.
Dave
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