[net.lang.st80] Porting Smalltalk to Micros?

dcn@ihuxl.UUCP (Dave Newkirk) (07/17/84)

I think part of the problem in determining if Smalltalk can be ported
to a micro is that people have different definitions of what a micro
is.  If a micro is a system that contains a microprocessor and sits
on a desktop, then Smalltalk has already been ported to this class of
machine.  I tend to associate micros with Apple II's, IBM PC's or
TRS-80's.  Once you add the bit-mapped display, large hard disk, mouse
and memory, you have graduated to the workstation!

You must also remember that Smalltalk is more than a programming
language.  The Smalltalk-80 system is BIG!  It is a whole programming
environment.  Even if you implement the Smalltalk virtual machine on
a 6502, you would have a lot of trouble fitting Smalltalk-80 into an
Apple.
				Dave Newkirk, ihnp4!ihuxl!dcn