<s>
VisualAge	B-Language
is	O
a	O
family	O
of	O
computer	O
integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environments	I-Application
from	O
IBM	O
,	O
which	O
supports	O
multiple	O
programming	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VisualAge	B-Language
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
October	O
1993	O
and	O
was	O
discontinued	O
April	O
30	O
,	O
2007	O
and	O
its	O
web	O
page	O
removed	O
in	O
September	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VisualAge	B-Language
was	O
also	O
marketed	O
as	O
VisualAge	B-Language
Smalltalk	B-Application
,	O
and	O
in	O
2005	O
,	O
Instantiations	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
acquired	O
the	O
worldwide	O
rights	O
to	O
this	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IBM	O
has	O
stated	O
that	O
XL	B-Language
C/C	I-Language
++	I-Language
is	O
the	O
followup	O
product	O
to	O
VisualAge	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
VisualAge	B-Language
was	O
created	O
in	O
the	O
IBM	O
development	O
lab	O
in	O
Research	O
Triangle	O
Park	O
,	O
North	O
Carolina	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
established	O
in	O
1984	O
and	O
had	O
responsibility	O
for	O
application	O
development	B-Application
tools	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
EZ-VU	O
dialog	O
manager	O
product	O
,	O
a	O
personal	O
computer	O
derivative	O
of	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
elements	O
of	O
the	O
ISPF	B-Operating_System
327x	B-Operating_System
product	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
products	O
in	O
this	O
family	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
lab	O
also	O
had	O
a	O
group	O
which	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
early	O
adopters	O
of	O
object-oriented	B-Language
programming	I-Language
technologies	O
within	O
IBM	O
using	O
an	O
internally	O
developed	O
language	O
called	O
ClassC	O
to	O
develop	O
applications	O
with	O
more	O
sophisticated	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interfaces	I-Application
which	O
were	O
just	O
starting	O
to	O
be	O
widely	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eventually	O
,	O
the	O
availability	O
of	O
usable	O
implementations	O
of	O
Smalltalk	B-Application
for	O
IBM	O
PC-AT	O
class	O
machines	O
allowed	O
IBM	O
advanced	O
technology	O
projects	O
to	O
experiment	O
with	O
Smalltalk	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smalltalk	B-Application
research	O
projects	O
such	O
as	O
InterCons	O
by	O
David	O
N	O
.	O
Smith	O
of	O
IBM	O
,	O
and	O
Fabrik	B-Language
by	O
a	O
team	O
at	O
Apple	O
led	O
by	O
Dan	O
Ingalls	O
were	O
building	O
interactive	O
graphical	O
applications	O
built	O
from	O
composition	O
of	O
graphical	O
primitives	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Higher	O
level	O
construction	O
of	O
user	O
interfaces	O
was	O
evidenced	O
by	O
other	O
tools	O
such	O
as	O
Jean-Marie	O
Hullot	O
's	O
interface	O
builder	O
first	O
done	O
in	O
Lisp	B-Language
and	O
then	O
evolved	O
to	O
become	O
the	O
Interface	O
Builder	O
tool	O
in	O
NeXTStep	B-Application
and	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Such	O
tools	O
allow	O
for	O
building	O
user	O
interfaces	O
by	O
WYSIWYG	B-Application
composition	O
of	O
UI	O
widgets	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
"	O
wired	O
"	O
to	O
each	O
other	O
and	O
to	O
application	O
logic	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
system	O
's	O
native	O
object	B-Language
oriented	I-Language
language	I-Language
,	O
or	O
possibly	O
with	O
no	O
coding	O
at	O
all	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
prototype	O
which	O
led	O
to	O
VisualAge	B-Language
was	O
an	O
attempt	O
"	O
to	O
make	O
something	O
like	O
the	O
NeXT	O
interface	O
builder	O
"	O
within	O
the	O
Smalltalk/V	B-Application
development	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
time	O
VisualAge	B-Language
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
product	O
,	O
much	O
more	O
emphasis	O
was	O
placed	O
on	O
visual	O
construction	O
of	O
application	O
logic	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
of	O
the	O
user	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
emphasis	O
was	O
in	O
part	O
due	O
to	O
the	O
"	O
positioning	O
"	O
for	O
"	O
strategic	O
"	O
reasons	O
of	O
Smalltalk	B-Application
as	O
a	O
generator	O
rather	O
than	O
a	O
language	O
within	O
IBM	O
's	O
Systems	B-Device
Application	I-Device
Architecture	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
"	O
VisualAge	B-Language
"	O
is	O
the	O
result	O
of	O
a	O
contest	O
between	O
the	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
initial	O
release	O
of	O
VisualAge/Smalltalk	O
the	O
name	O
VisualAge	B-Language
became	O
a	O
brand	O
of	O
its	O
own	O
and	O
VisualAges	B-Language
were	O
produced	O
for	O
several	O
different	O
combinations	O
of	O
languages	O
and	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
the	O
eventual	O
total	O
of	O
supported	O
languages	O
,	O
variously	O
available	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
platform	O
:	O
BASIC	O
,	O
COBOL	B-Application
,	O
C	B-Language
,	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
EGL	B-Language
,	O
Fortran	B-Application
,	O
Java	B-Language
,	O
Pacbase	B-Language
,	O
PL/I	B-Language
,	O
IBM	B-Language
RPG	I-Language
,	O
and	O
Smalltalk	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
the	O
eventual	O
total	O
of	O
supported	O
platforms	O
,	O
each	O
of	O
which	O
support	O
different	O
languages	O
:	O
AIX	B-Application
,	O
OS/2	B-Application
,	O
i5/OS	B-Application
(	O
formerly	O
named	O
OS/400	B-Application
)	O
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
TPF	B-Operating_System
,	O
z/VM	B-Application
,	O
z/OS	B-Application
(	O
formerly	O
named	O
OS/390	B-Application
,	O
MVS	B-Application
)	O
,	O
and	O
z/VSE	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1992	O
,	O
Apple	O
and	O
IBM	O
cofounded	O
Taligent	B-Operating_System
,	O
based	O
upon	O
Pink	O
,	O
an	O
operating	O
system	O
with	O
a	O
mass	O
of	O
sophisticated	O
object-oriented	B-Language
compiler	O
and	O
application	O
framework	O
technology	O
from	O
Apple	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pink	O
became	O
CommonPoint	O
,	O
the	O
partnership	O
was	O
dissolved	O
,	O
and	O
CommonPoint	O
was	O
absorbed	O
into	O
VisualAge	B-Language
starting	O
with	O
the	O
Compound	O
Document	O
Framework	O
to	O
handle	O
OLE	O
objects	O
in	O
VisualAge	B-Language
C++	B-Language
3.5	O
for	O
Windows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
1997	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
mass	O
release	O
of	O
Taligent	B-Operating_System
technology	O
came	O
in	O
the	O
form	O
of	O
the	O
Open	O
Class	O
within	O
VisualAge	B-Language
C++	B-Language
4.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
bundled	O
SDK	O
adaptation	O
includes	O
CommonPoint	O
's	O
frameworks	O
for	O
desktop	O
(	O
infrastructure	O
for	O
building	O
unified	O
OCX	O
or	O
OpenDoc	O
components	O
)	O
,	O
web	O
(	O
called	O
WebRunner	O
,	O
for	O
making	O
drag-and-drop	O
compound	O
documents	O
for	O
the	O
web	O
,	O
and	O
server	O
CGIs	O
)	O
,	O
graphics	O
for	O
2D	O
GUI	B-Application
,	O
international	O
text	O
for	O
Unicode	O
,	O
filesystems	O
,	O
printing	O
,	O
and	O
unit	O
tests	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Magazine	O
said	O
"	O
Now	O
,	O
the	O
best	O
of	O
the	O
CommonPoint	O
technology	O
is	O
being	O
channeled	O
into	O
Open	O
Class	O
for	O
VisualAge	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
...	O
For	O
sheer	O
breadth	O
of	O
features	O
,	O
the	O
Taligent	B-Operating_System
frameworks	O
are	O
unmatched	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
all-encompassing	O
OOP	O
framework	O
has	O
always	O
proved	O
a	O
difficult	O
ideal	O
to	O
realize	O
,	O
but	O
VisualAge	B-Language
's	O
Open	O
Class	O
Technology	O
Preview	O
is	O
by	O
far	O
the	O
most	O
credible	O
attempt	O
we	O
've	O
seen	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
of	O
the	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
VisualAge	B-Language
family	O
were	O
written	O
in	O
Smalltalk	B-Application
no	O
matter	O
which	O
language	O
they	O
supported	O
for	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IBM	O
implementation	O
of	O
Smalltalk	B-Application
was	O
produced	O
by	O
Object	B-Language
Technology	I-Language
International	O
which	O
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
IBM	O
and	O
run	O
as	O
a	O
wholly	O
owned	O
subsidiary	O
for	O
several	O
years	O
before	O
being	O
absorbed	O
into	O
the	O
overall	O
IBM	O
organization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VisualAge	B-Language
for	O
Java	B-Language
is	O
based	O
on	O
an	O
extended	O
Smalltalk	B-Application
virtual	B-Architecture
machine	I-Architecture
which	O
executes	O
both	O
Smalltalk	B-Application
and	O
Java	B-Language
byte	O
codes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Java	B-Language
natives	O
were	O
actually	O
implemented	O
in	O
Smalltalk	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
VisualAge	B-Language
Micro	O
Edition	O
,	O
which	O
supports	O
development	O
of	O
embedded	O
Java	B-Language
applications	O
and	O
cross	O
system	O
development	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
reimplementation	O
of	O
the	O
IDE	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
of	O
VisualAge	B-Language
morphed	O
into	O
the	O
Eclipse	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
family	O
have	O
been	O
replaced	O
by	O
products	O
in	O
the	O
WebSphere	B-Language
Studio	O
family	O
of	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
2005	O
,	O
Smalltalk	B-Application
specialist	O
Instantiations	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
had	O
assumed	O
technical	O
support	O
responsibilities	O
and	O
been	O
granted	O
global	O
rights	O
to	O
the	O
IBM	B-Language
VisualAge	I-Language
Smalltalk	B-Application
product	O
line	O
and	O
technology	O
base	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Instantiations	O
continues	O
to	O
offer	O
the	O
“	O
enhanced	O
product	O
”	O
named	O
VA	O
Smalltalk	B-Application
(	O
VAST	O
Platform	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
C	B-Language
,	O
C++	B-Language
and	O
Fortran	B-Application
compiler	O
on	O
AIX	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
z/OS	B-Application
are	O
renamed	O
as	O
XL	B-Language
C/C	I-Language
++	I-Language
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Applications	O
designed	O
with	O
VisualAge	B-Language
C++	B-Language
may	O
be	O
portable	O
between	O
target	O
platforms	O
without	O
any	O
code	O
changes	O
needed	O
if	O
VisualAge	B-Language
guidelines	O
were	O
followed	O
.	O
</s>
