[comp.lang.smalltalk] looking for a useful object-oriented programming language

tk@cvl.UUCP (Tharakesh Siddalingaiah) (11/20/86)

I'm looking for a powerful but fast object-oriented programming
language/environment for PCs.  This system needs to have very
complete graphics extensions and be able to run on one of two
machines.  The IBM PC/AT or the Atari 1040 ST.  Since, it is going
to be used for real-time processing/display over a high-speed
network, one of the over-riding consideration is speed.  The only
Smalltalk implementation on the PC that I have had a chance to use was
extremely slow because of the swapping of objects off of the hard-disk.
Given the presumption of many megabytes of real memory on the PC
which will run the o-o environment, what language would you people
choose to use?  Does anyone have any experience with Digitalk's
Smalltalk/V for the IBM PC?

-Eli Liang

(temporarily at tk@cvl.umd.edu or ...!seismo!umcp-cs!cvl!tk)
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