As reported in an interview on InfoQ, Smalltalk has arrived on the iPhone. The irony is that until now JavaScript or Objective-C were the options for programming the Apple iPhone or the iPod Touch. But JavaScript was in part the work of the StrongTalk Smalltalk team and came out of second-generation Smalltalk or Self. And Objective-C, like Ruby or Io, is Smalltalk for programmers who, well, aren’t working in Smalltalk.
Now to see if CINCOM VisualWorks Smalltalk arrives as a commercial option for the iPhone.
In the meantime, Smalltalk continues to evolve with the revival of Slate as Clean Slate Smalltalk. We have come a long ways since the case against a VM with bytecode was the case against Smalltalk – and not very far at all.
But is Smalltalk still an option for the Whirlwind/Vortex project out at WASP?
More to follow …
For info on Seaside, click here.
For info on Squeak Smalltalk on the iPhone, click here.
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