Pocket Smalltalk User’s Guide 1. Introduction 2. About Smalltalk

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Pocket Smalltalk User’s Guide
By Andrew Brault
Updated by N. Chamfort (December 16, 2001)
This brief guide gives an overview of using Pocket Smalltalk to write applications for Palm platform handheld computers.
To use this guide effectively you should be familiar with the Smalltalk programming language, but a brief introduction to
Smalltalk is included for beginners.
Contents
1. Introduction
2. About Smalltalk
3. What Makes Pocket Smalltalk Different
4. Interfacing with the PalmOS
5. Floating-Point Support
6. Constants
1. Introduction
Pocket Smalltalk is a Windows 95/NT application for writing Smalltalk programs to run on the Palm platform devices.
You can use the full power of the Smalltalk programming language and its integrated development environment to write
programs on your PC, then create an “executable” .PRC file that can be HotSync’d to your PalmPilot for execution and
deployment.
Pocket Smalltalk’s features include:
Ability to create standalone executables.
Tiny virtual machine size: 20k to 25k depending on included features.
Compact, yet complete, Smalltalk class library.
Full access to the 800+ PalmOS API functions from within Smalltalk.
Native widgets - Pocket Smalltalk applications use the built-…