How Does Smalltalk Compare to Java?

On the face of it, both provide similiar capabilities
- Object oriented
- Portable binary code format
- Ability to load and run code in a running application
Significant differences
- Network access classes not 'standard' in Smalltalk
- Application tool towers non-existant in Java (database, GUI builder)
- Smalltalk implementations are stable; Java just out of beta.
- Lack of object dumper/persistance.
- Lack of development environment and tools

Patrick J. Mueller (pmuellr@raleigh.ibm.com)
For the 1996 Smalltalk Solutions Panel on Smalltalk and the Web