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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi Squatters,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The "impatient" demo is a sight for sore
eyes.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I can visualise your objective now. The
principle is so beautifully simple.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I hope this returns a greater interest in MVC
again: </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>As for myself, I'm more interested in production
engineering applications, n</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>umerical tool and
process control.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If Squat is actually what I think it is
i.e. the NC, then I think Java is in for a real scare. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So far Java has failed to deliver the promised
NC.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I am also worried, that the (class) obesity which
besets all Smalltalk dialects and Java too will continue in Squat.
</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Consistent thin-client
software requires minimising junk (food) instructions. I think
the principle is called RISC.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It is not the fault of Smalltalk, merely a lazy
programmer attitude to application design.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The advantages of JIT or Late-binding are lost if
database designs are bad. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I intend to use Prolog to fix that problem. This
guy did it <A onmousedown="return clk(1,this)"
href="http://minnow.cc.gatech.edu/squeak/574"><B><FONT color=#551a8b
size=3>PicoVerse</FONT></B></A> :</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><FONT face="Times New Roman" size=3>" <EM>..it did
take 3 years. But at the end the system just stopped
growing</EM>." </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I don't agree with his ideas, just his
use of Prolog to minimise bloat. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please may I ask that the <FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>port of Mike Teng's Prolog/V (Smalltalk/V) be
included. </FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>I would like to talk with Meta-Squatters. Is there such a list? </DIV>
<DIV>Perhaps<EM> </EM><A onmousedown="return clk(1,this)"
href="http://www.openaugment.org/"><FONT
color=#0000cc>OpenAugment</FONT></A> <EM> SRI Project No. 3578</EM>
<EM>?</EM></DIV>
<DIV>(I know it is a distraction mixing theory (meta) with practice
(physics).)</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Regards</DIV>
<DIV>Oz</DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV> "don't keep bloat afloat".</DIV>
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