Smalltalk Alternatives

Smalltalk is described as 'Object-oriented programming (OOP) language. It is objects all the way down. Smalltalk’s purity and clarity in this regard made it the archetype for nearly all other OOP languages' and is a programming language in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Smalltalk for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, BSD and Web-based apps. The best Smalltalk alternative is Python, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Smalltalk are Java, C (programming language), Rust and C++.

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  1. Functional-first language for .NET with static typing, succinct and expressive code, advanced pattern matching, object-oriented features, interop with .NET languages, async programming, type providers, cross-platform support, tooling, and immutable data.

    76 F# (programming language) alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  2. Haxe icon
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    Haxe is an open source toolkit based on a modern high level strictly typed programming language, a state-of-the-art light-speed cross-compiler, a complete cross-platform standard library, and ways to access to each platform's native capabilities.

    81 Haxe alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Raspberry Pi
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  3. Clojure icon
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    Clojure is a dynamic programming language that targets the Java Virtual Machine (and the CLR ). It is designed to be a general-purpose language, combining the approachability and interactive development of a scripting language with an efficient and robust infrastructure for...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  4. Free Pascal icon
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    Free Pascal (aka FPK Pascal) is a 32 and 64 bit professional Pascal and Object Pascal compiler. It is available for different processors: Intel x86, Amd64/x86_64, PowerPC, PowerPC64, Sparc, ARM.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Windows Mobile
    • BSD
    • AROS
    • Haiku
    • AmigaOS
    • MorphOS
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  5. Apache Groovy icon
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    Groovy is an agile and dynamic language for the Java Virtual Machine (JVM).

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  6. Objective-C icon
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    The Objective-C language is a simple computer language designed to enable sophisticated object-oriented programming. Objective-C is defined as a small but powerful set of extensions to the standard ANSI C language.

    80 Objective-C alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
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    • BSD
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  7. Pharo icon
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    Pharo is a pure object-oriented programming language and a powerful environment, focused on simplicity and immediate feedback (think IDE and OS rolled into one).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. Tcl icon
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    Tcl (Tool Command Language) is a very powerful but easy to learn dynamic programming language, suitable for a very wide range of uses.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • BSD
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  9. Hy icon
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    Hy is a wonderful dialect of Lisp that’s embedded in Python.

    Since Hy transforms its Lisp code into the Python Abstract Syntax Tree, you have the whole beautiful world of Python at your fingertips, in Lisp form!.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  10. Jython icon
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    Jython, successor of JPython, is an implementation of the Python programming language written in Java.

    55 Jython alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Python
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  11. Luau icon
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    Luau (lowercase u, /'lu.a?/) is a fast, small, safe, gradually typed embeddable scripting language derived from Lua.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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