[comp.windows.ms.programmer] SmallTalk for Windows / SDK & C for Windows : Question ???

rc05@gte.com (Ramesh Chandak) (02/09/91)

The question is regarding development environment for Windows. From the
list of frequently asked questions, I gather that SmallTalk is a viable
alternative to SDK/C as a development platform for the Windows. Do I 
interpret this correctly ? If so, what is the difference between the
run time code developed using SmallTalk and the one developed using
SDK/C ? In the amount of memory it takes ? Any other differences ?

Has SmallTalk for the Windows 3.0 been announced ? What's the list price ?
In addition to SmallTalk environment package, does one need any additional
development tools ?

Please respond to Ramesh at rc05@gte.com or at loverboy@athena.mit.edu

Thanx much.

- Ramesh Chandak
rc05@gte.com
loverboy@athena.mit.edu

ergo@netcom.COM (Isaac Rabinovitch) (02/11/91)

Smalltalk V/Windows was due out Jan 15.  Last I heard they were
shooting for Feb 1.  It's probably not productive to speculate what
the current target is.  I've heard that the big problem is writing all
the DLLs that'll let Smalltalk programs run on machines without the
Smalltalk environment.  The environment itself is a simple port of the
Presentation Manager version -- betas are already circulating.

The latest PC Techniques has several interesting articles on Windows
development tools, including a review of ST (based on the beta,
obviously).  

If you have another version of Smalltalk and aren't entitled to an
educational discount, you might want to call Digitalk and ask to buy
an "upgrade".  But given the number of high-level Windows tools that
are promised for the next couple of months, I wouldn't hold my breath
waiting for this puppy.
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