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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Hi Erlis,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Class based language is very difficult for some people to grasp. I’ve trained a number of programmers. There is this AH moment when people get it. Before that the idea is just so foreign to them that they have a difficult time grasping what is going on. I would often get the question, “but where do I put the code”. The answer is everywhere. Thinking in terms of objects and programming their behavior makes sense. People get that. Make a Robot and teach it how to walk. If I tell the robot to walk she does. Ok great. Now I have all these objects that do stuff where do I put the code? This is where people stumble. In my opinion the leap to understanding is very short. The answer is simple. (Answer: It depends on how you want to interact with the user). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>I do not believe that anything is screwed up. It is just a conceptual model that requires AH!<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:navy'>Ron Teitelbaum<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#365F91'>Immersive Collaboration Expert<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:#244061'>3d Immersive Collaboration Consulting</span></b><b><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#244061'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#365F91'>Ron@3dicc.com<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#365F91'>Follow me on Twitter<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#365F91'><a href="http://twitter.com/RonTeitelbaum"><span style='color:#365F91'>twitter.com/RonTeitelbaum</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#365F91'><a href="http://www.3dicc.com/"><span style='color:#365F91;font-style:normal'>www.3dicc.com</span></a></span></i><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#666666'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> beginners-bounces@lists.squeakfoundation.org [mailto:beginners-bounces@lists.squeakfoundation.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Erlis Vidal<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 21, 2011 9:47 AM<br><b>To:</b> smalltalk<br><b>Subject:</b> [Newbies] I don't get it<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi guys, <br><br>I was reading recently Jim Coplien ideas about DCI and I was surprised with the following statement: <br><br><i>"The Smalltalk people, when they put together Smalltalk originally the computational model was exactly right, in terms of thinking in terms of objects. And then they screwed it up with the language. The language is so class focused! Most languages that we’re saddled with today had made this error."<br></i><br>you can find it here: <a href="http://blog.redtexture.net/2010/06/01/coplien-on-dci-mvc/">http://blog.redtexture.net/2010/06/01/coplien-on-dci-mvc/</a><br><br>Does someone knows what Jim is criticizing? In which sense the computational model was screwed by the language? I see smalltalk as a language that express very well the intended computational model behind. <br><br>But that's just me, maybe some of you could help me to understand Jim's point. <br><br>Thanks<br>Erlis <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></body></html>