Smalltalk VS Vala

Smalltalk

Smalltalk is an object-oriented programming (OOP) language. It is objects all the way down.

Vala

Vala is a new programming language that aims to bring modern programming language features to GNOME...

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Smalltalk

Website: squeak.org
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Website: wiki.gnome.org
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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Smalltalk and Vala)

Vala

Programming Language

60 60%

Programming Language

40% 40

OOP

58 58%

OOP

42% 42

Generic Programming Language

61 61%

Generic Programming Language

39% 39

Development

34 34%

Development

66% 66

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Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, Smalltalk seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 28 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

Smalltalk mentions (28)

Old version of offline Scratch that had a secret OS
Also, it's not really an "operating system", nor was it implemented by the ST. It's just part of Squeak (you got the name right), the "engine" Scratch 1.x was made with (which lets you edit the code in the same window it's running in). Source: about 1 year ago
Ask HN: Alternatives to organizing code in files and folders?
Just downloaded https://squeak.org/ to play around with this concept. I wonder if there is already a modern tool/suite for Node/Python inspired by Smalltalk... - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago
What are some important differences between the popular versions of OOP (e.g. Java, Python) vs. the purist's versions of OOP (e.g. Smalltalk)?
AFAIK the major SmallTalk distributions are https://squeak.org/ and https://pharo.org/. I've heard that Pharo is more complex and "practical", while Squeak is more educational and beginner-friendly. But both stick to their roots with "everything is an object or method", extreme reflection, and integrated runtime/IDE. Source: about 1 year ago
Ask HN: What software stack to select for this boot to code computer?
Your concept looks nice, it reminds me a bit of the Lisperati: https://www.hackster.io/news/the-lisperati1000-is-a-cyberdeck-terminal-dedicated-to-lisp-programming-bb564f2ffcff So, did you consider Lisp or maybe Smalltalk? Plan 9 or Inferno might also be options. Plan 9 comes in different variants, the "classic" one (with a Raspberry Pi port by Richard Miller) or 9front, an Inferno porting tutorial can be found at... - Source: Hacker News / about 1 year ago
Squeak Morphic Layers
This repository contains multiple projects closely related to (hardware-accelerated) rendering in Squeak/Smalltalk. Source: about 1 year ago