What is The Difference Between PL/C And Smalltalk, Programming Languages

PL/C is a Procedural Programming Language, while Smalltalk is a Compiled Programming Language

What are Procedural Programming Languages

Procedural (imperative) programming implies specifying the steps that the programs should take to reach to an intended state. A procedure is a group of statements that can be referenced through a procedure call. Procedures help in the reuse of code. Procedural programming makes the programs structured and easily traceable for program flow.

What are Compiled Programming Languages

A compiled language is a programming language whose implementations are typically compilers (translators that generate machine code from source code), and not interpreters (step-by-step executors of source code, where no pre-runtime translation takes place). (Wikipedia)

While PL/C is a Procedural Programming Language, and Smalltalk is a Compiled Programming Language

Let us now look at the difference between the two:

What is PL/C Programming Language – A brief synopsis

It was developed for being used to teach programming. It was created at the Cornell University in the 1970s.

What is Smalltalk Programming Language – A brief synopsis

It is a reflective, object-oriented programming language that supports dynamic typing. Alan Kay, Adele Goldberg, Dan Ingalls, Scott Wallace, Ted Kaehler and their associates at Xerox PARC developed Smalltalk. They designed it for educational use and it soon became popular. VisualWorks is a prominent implementation of Smalltalk. Squeak is a programming language that is in the form of an implementation of Smalltalk. Scratch is a visual programming language based on Squeak.