README
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This directory contains (what we consider) fundamental
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classes required for any serious Smalltalk application
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(both it headless or GUI-based).
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Of course, for special applications, even this set of
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classes could be reduced (for smaller apps, 
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some of LargeInteger, FLoat, Fraction etc. could be left
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out).
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We do not provide tools or support for such minimal 
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configurations - with modern, paged OperatingSystems, there
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is also less sense in doing so, since unused code is simply
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paged out or never paged in at all.