pnm@goanna.oz.au (Paul Big-Ears Menon) (02/13/90)
frobozz@well.sf.ca.us (Jordan Bortz) writes: >We will also be supporting ParcPlace's new Native Windowing System. What is this? The latest ParcBench indicates the HP ST80 2.5 will run over X. Is ParcPlace's "Native Windowing System" a more flexibe graphics layer? If Smalltalk becomes more available on "X" platforms, I for one can see the explosion in its use which could/should have happened a decade ago. We have multiprocessor unix systems (and a proposed XTerminal lab) which would be ideal Smalltalk engines. It still is a luxury (here anyway) for an undergraduate class of > 100 to develop on a per (unix) workstation basis. Xterminals remove admin and significantly reduce resource costs. If the graphics<->client ends can be sufficiently decoupled to minimize traffic, Smalltalk may experience a popular revival. Once again, it depends on the platforms. Anyone heard of "Encore"? Paul Menon pnm@goanna.cs.rmit.OZ.AU