> ...one of the arguments that I disagree with was the issue of
> whether to use Slang or handwritten C for the primitives.  The
> design philosophy of Squeak is one I strongly agree with: Everything
> in Smalltalk, as much as possible.  Performance is always being 
> improved, but the goal of having the system understandable from a 
> single image, and as much as possible, from a single language has 
> always been paramount.

	I think the amount of C code necessary to implement the sockets interface obviates the benefit of having a small part of it in Smalltalk. In general, though, I think the goal is a very good one.

> ...I do appreciate your laying out your case on the Web, Craig!

	Thanks!


-C



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Craig Latta
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