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thinBasic VS Smalltalk

Compare thinBasic VS Smalltalk and see what are their differences

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thinBasic logo thinBasic

thinBasic is a simple, flexible, and easy-to-learn interpreted programming language.

Smalltalk logo Smalltalk

Smalltalk is an object-oriented programming (OOP) language. It is objects all the way down.
  • thinBasic Landing page
    Landing page //
    2023-03-26
  • Smalltalk Landing page
    Landing page //
    2022-07-10

Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to thinBasic and Smalltalk)

thinBasic

Smalltalk

Programming Language
42 42%
Programming Language
58% 58
OOP
34 34%
OOP
66% 66
Development
64 64%
Development
36% 36
Generic Programming Language
0 0%
Generic Programming Language
100% 100

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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.

thinBasic mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of thinBasic yet. Tracking of thinBasic recommendations started around Mar 2021.

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: over 1 year ago
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What are some alternatives?

When comparing thinBasic and Smalltalk, you can also consider the following products

C++ - Has imperative, object-oriented and generic programming features, while also providing the facilities for low level memory manipulation

Pharo - Pharo is a pure object-oriented programming language and a powerful environment, focused on...

Perl - Highly capable, feature-rich programming language with over 26 years of development

Go Programming Language - Go, also called golang, is a programming language initially developed at Google in 2007 by Robert...

D (Programming Language) - D is a language with C-like syntax and static typing.

FreeBASIC - FreeBASIC is a completely free, open-source, 32-bit BASIC compiler, with syntax similar to...

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