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diff --git a/lang/squeak2/pkg-descr b/lang/squeak2/pkg-descr index e2eb8e0d13a9..8275511cef46 100644 --- a/lang/squeak2/pkg-descr +++ b/lang/squeak2/pkg-descr @@ -1,4 +1,22 @@ -This is the port of squeak, a free smalltalk system with a graphical -user interface. +Squeak is a new implementation of the Smalltalk programming +environment; it includes: --- Roland Jesse <jesse@cs.uni-magdeburg.de> + * a rapid-turn-around Smalltalk-80 compiler, + * a caching-JIT run-time virtual machine (with full source in + Smalltalk), + * large class libraries with portable data and GUI models, and + * an integrated development environment with coding tools, GUI + construction, + * and much more. + +Squeak was developed at Apple Labs, and has been ported to a variety +of computers (including most flavors of UNIX and Windows). Compared to +other Smalltalk systems, Squeak has 4 important features: + + * Portability (to Mac, Windows, WinCE, and many flavors of UNIX); + * Speed (it uses native C for compute-intensive code); + * Price (free, including all source code and the right to distribute + applications!); and + * Sophistication (full Smalltalk-80 language, libraries, and tools). + +Jacques Vidrine <nectar@FreeBSD.ORG> |