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