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The very first version of Smalltalk was written in BASIC on Data General Nova. Then, in 1983, there was a version of Lisp for ZX Spectrum (which had 48k of RAM
by xkriva11 2y ago
The very first version of Smalltalk was written in BASIC on Data General Nova.
Then, in 1983, there was a version of Lisp for ZX Spectrum (which had 48k of RAM and no floppy).
There was also Rosetta Smalltalk:
> ROSETTA SMALLTALK now runs on the Exidy Sorcerer computer! It requires 48K of memory, a disk, and CP/M.
- amszmidt 2y agoTrue, the absolutley first versions were entirely unusable. Glacial is what one of the authors said. First version of Unix had a 512k disk pack, and no shell -- that 80k binary for shell would have been a dream. "20 years later we had 64 KB to fit an whole OS and applications on home computers." is quite the claim when we are talking about Unix, Lisp or Smalltalk and comparing them to CP/M with DOS which .. does nothing in comparison, and ignoring literally all other aspects of a computer system.