Smalltalk interpreter for GNUstep, used mainly as scripting framework to make scriptable servers or programs, to script GNUstep applications, or to talk to registered distributed objects, and work well with Objective-C. [Open Source, GPL]
Makes Ambrai Smalltalk, rapid application development platform to make new, or script extant, Mac OS X programs. Descriptions, documents, downloads, contact page.
To be a superset of Smalltalk-80 with optional variable typing, to allow typechecking of variables and static binding of methods. Typechecking helps ensure type-safe code. Static binding cuts runtime expense, for more speed.
Very small, interpreter under 1, 800 lines, has no graphics. Topic of classic Addison-Wesley book 'A Little Smalltalk'. Both by Timothy Budd, Oregon State University. [Free for non-commercial use]