Smalltalk Alternatives

    Smalltalk is described as 'object-oriented programming (OOP) language. It is objects all the way down. Smalltalk’s purity and clarity in this regard made it the archetype for nearly all other OOP languages' and is an app in the Development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Smalltalk for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Haiku. The best alternative is Python, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Smalltalk are Java (Free Personal, Open Source), C (programming language) (Free, Open Source), C++ (Free, Open Source) and Go (Programming Language) (Free, Open Source).

    This page was last updated Aug 25, 2021

    1. Python

      • Free • Open Source
      • Mac
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      • Symbian S60
      • BSD
      • AROS
      • Haiku
      • AmigaOS
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      Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented, extensible programming language. It provides an extraordinary combination of clarity and versatility, and is free and comprehensively ported.
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    2. Java

      • Free Personal • Open Source
      • Mac
      • Windows
      • Linux
      • Online
      • Android
      • Java Mobile
      • Symbian S60
      • HP webOS
      • Blackberry
      • Android Tablet
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      Java is a general-purpose computer programming language that is concurrent, class-based, object-oriented, and specifically designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible.
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    4. C is a general-purpose computer programming language. C is one of the most widely used programming languages of all time.
    5. C++ is a statically typed, free-form, multi-paradigm, compiled, general-purpose, powerful programming language. It is regarded as an intermediate-level language, as it comprises a combination of both high-level and low-level language features.
    6. Go, also called golang, is a programming language initially developed at Google in 2007 by Robert Griesemer, Rob Pike, and Ken Thompson.

    8. C#

      • Free • Open Source
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      C# is a multi-paradigm programming language encompassing strong typing, imperative, declarative, functional, generic, object-oriented (class-based), and component-oriented programming disciplines.
    9. Featuring - algebraic data types - pattern matching - closures - type inference - zero-cost abstractions - guaranteed memory safety - concurrency without data races - minimal runtime - efficient C bindings
      Rust vs Smalltalk opinions
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      the usual usecases for both languages differ a lot; Rust is more of a save C(++) alternative.
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    10. Ruby is a dynamic, reflective, general purpose object-oriented programming language that combines syntax inspired by Perl with Smalltalk-like features. Ruby originated in Japan during the mid-1990s and was initially developed and designed by Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto.

    11. Lua

      • Free • Open Source
      • Mac
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      • iPhone
      • Android Tablet
      • BSD
      • iPad
      • Android Wear
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      Lua is a powerful, fast, lightweight, embeddable scripting language.

    12. Perl

      • Free • Open Source
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      Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language with over 22 years of development.
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