[Newbies] Squeak vs. Smalltalk

[Mark Volkmann]

On Apr 21, 2009, at 7:01 AM, Mark Volkmann wrote:

> On Apr 20, 2009, at 10:28 PM, David Mitchell wrote:
>
>> Very trippy but sometimes frustrating to someone who
>> just wants to build a CRUD GUI.
>
>
> This was a key factor in me setting Squeak aside for a bit. I love  
> the syntax of Smalltalk and the tools, but I was amazed at how  
> difficult it was to build and deploy a simple GUI application. For  
> example, I just wanted to build a GUI with a text field for entering  
> a name and an OK button. When the button is pressed I wanted to  
> display a dialog box that contains the text "Hello" and the name.  
> The most frustrating parts were the layout of widgets and the packages

I meant "packaging".

> of the application which involves a large number of steps.
>
> A more recent concern for me is the lack of support for taking  
> advantage of multi-core processors. I know someone is working on  
> improving this.
>
> I hope to return to using Smalltalk at some point.


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Mark Volkmann
http://www.ociweb.com/mark

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