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I seem to recall hearing (from the GNU Smalltalk author) that the text representation of Smalltalk isn't even standard. See http://www.gnu.org/software/smalltal

• spooneybarger 17y ago
  Why would it be suprising that there isn't a standard text file representation of something that is hardly ever represented that way?
  • jhancock 17y ago
    Why? Well, smalltalk didn't always have nice OO code management tools. You used to have a good handle on your "changes" and "sources" files. At one point (early '90s), it was not a problem to take code from a text file you "filed-out" in Digitalk smalltalk and "file-in" the same text in ParcPlace's smalltalk. In those days, there were only two good ways to "version" your code: 1 - copy the entire image pared with "changes" and "sources" files; 2 - "file-out" some or all of your code to a text file. I did this often. It is fair to say that less professional developers did not do this, but that's no different than today's developers that don't use any form of version control.