Squeak in the news
Tim Rowledge
rowledge at interval.com
Thu Dec 17 20:31:53 UTC 1998
> By Christopher Jones SAN FRANCISCO (Wired) - A little-known
programming
> language with a quirky name is stealthily creeping its way into the
> mainstream, with a nudge from Disney, IBM, and Paul Allen's Interval Research
Bit of an exageration, to say the least!
[snip]
> Tim Rowledge, a researcher at Interval and a longtime Smalltalk
developer,
> said that Squeak [via Smalltalk] is "about the best language for devising
> complex problems in ways you can get your head around. All the hype that
> applies to Java is true with Smalltalk."
This bit is a reasonable quote. I actually said it about Smalltalk in general,
but I guess you can forgive wanting to make it more Squeak centered in an
article about Squeak.
> "[Squeak] would be really good for applications in small embedded situations,
"
> said Rowledge. "It's certainly quite synergistic with Linux with its
openness
> and extensibility," he said. He declined to comment on any specific projects.
So is this...
> Rowledge, who said that IBM has also been tinkering with Squeak,
but THIS is nonsense. I said no such thing. I don't even know what IBM might
be doing with Squeak.
Aargh. Journalists!
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