'X' marks the Smalltalk

What Python is for Kendall, Smalltalk is for me. Well, not really, but I'm certainly a heavy Smalltalker (er...but I've started a diet! and it's not my fault, slow metabolism, busy philosophizing...er...my partner doesn't mind!).

Anyway, as I was saying, before I digress again, Exept just pushed out a Smalltalk/X update:

New release (3.6.4) ready for takeoff (download); a complete version including stc-compiler, unified ST/Java virtual machine to execute Java bytecodes, XML support, new tools, widgets and demos, and much more...

If you're a Linux, or other Unix, freak, and don't mind a non-free (in either sense) system, there's no question in my mind that Smalltalk/X is for you. It's really well integrated into the *nix mindset, and it's a pretty impressive Smalltalk for all that. I'm running the newly ported (and not quite finished) Window's port and it still blows me away. I haven't tried out the Java stuff yet, but (if it works!) I'll have the power of a Smalltalk IDE to handle my Java code. Heck, I might even produce some Java code to handle!. Plus, they seem to be moving toward a more Open Source model. I suspect that the price list on their website is out of date. (Indeed, I recall a comp.lang.smalltalk posting to that effect.) So go, play! Play and make wonderful things!