winkler@harvard.ARPA (Dan Winkler) (03/12/85)
In a previous message, I incorrectly said that Apple had not released Lisa Smalltalk because it was too slow and Mark Lentczner kindly corrected my error. I would just like you to know that I did not make up that lie myself -- I read it in Byte: Apple implemented Smalltalk for the Lisa but never released it; "It's too slow," Tesler said, "and its syntax is too different for most people." Byte, Dec. 1984, p. 398 Now, I guess that quote doesn't actually say that Smalltalk wasn't released BECAUSE it was too slow. It only says Smalltalk wasn't released AND it was too slow. But I think you can see how I could make that mistake. Sorry for the confusion! Dan. (winkler@harvard)
klein@ucbcad.UUCP (03/14/85)
I just received the packet on Smalltalk for the Mac XL in the mail yesterday. According to the cover letter, it is available now because of many requests for some form of the system NOW. It is therefore not guaranteed to be bug-free and Apple offers no support. It costs only $45 which barely covers costs. No guarantee of compatibility is implied for the officially released version, and no upgrade path to the official version is contemplated. In other words, it's strictly an exploratory system, maybe an alpha-test version at best. -- -Mike Klein ...!ucbvax!ucbmerlin:klein (UUCP) klein%ucbmerlin@berkeley (ARPA)