What is The Difference Between Smalltalk And IO, Programming Languages
Smalltalk is a Compiled Programming Language, while IO is an Object-Oriented Programming Language
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)
What are Object-Oriented Programming Languages
Object-oriented programming (OOP) is a programming paradigm based on the concept of “objects”, which may contain data, in the form of fields, often known as attributes; and code, in the form of procedures, often known as methods. In OOP, computer programs are designed by making them out of objects that interact with one another. (Wikipedia)
While Smalltalk is a Compiled Programming Language, and IO is an Object-Oriented Programming Language
Let us now look at the difference between the two:
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.
What is IO Programming Language – A brief synopsis
It is a pure object-oriented programming language having a prototype-based object model. It is small in size and can be executed on small portable virtual machines.
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A Complete List of Computer Programming Languages
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