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- From: nholtz@cascade.carleton.ca (Neal Holtz)
- Subject: Re: Smalltalk/V for Sun (Sparc)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.175222.28570@cunews.carleton.ca>
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- References: <1992Dec17.183312.17246@ntmtv> <1992Dec17.215209.9884@cunews.carleton.ca> <1992Dec18.205810.4440@ntmtv>
- Date: Mon, 21 Dec 1992 17:52:22 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec18.205810.4440@ntmtv> irvine@ntmtv.UUCP (Chuck Irvine) writes:
- >|> Unless Digitalk has changed their philosophy a lot, your Smalltalk/V for Windows
- >|> application probably won't be portable to any other Smalltalk/V implementation.
- >
- >Huh? Don't they actually advertise cross platform compatibility? I know I would
- >have to recompile and port any Windows specific stuff, but I thought
- >the port would relatively easy. I gather that in your experience this isn't
- >necessarily so? Your input is appreciated.
-
- There may be some degree of compatibility between V/Windows and V/PM -- I can't
- speak to that. But between V (or V/DOS), V/286, V/Windows, and V/Mac there are
- major differences in any thing that deals with the user interface (menus, panes,
- windows, etc).
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- Prof. Neal Holtz, Dept. of Civil Eng., Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
- Internet: nholtz@civeng.carleton.ca Ph: (613)788-2600x5797 Fax: (613)788-3951
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