Squeak's web server

agree at carltonfields.com agree at carltonfields.com
Tue Feb 8 19:13:24 UTC 2000


'ts cool.  I'm not big into names anyway -- I was responding more to the suggestion that they had to be called "programs."

> -----Original Message-----
> From: MIME :withers at vnet.net > Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 1:52 PM
> To: squeak at cs.uiuc.edu
> Subject: Re: Squeak's web server
> > > agree at carltonfields.com wrote:
> > > Indeed, but they are a special kind of program, with a > special kind of promise.  The -lets are not only programs, > but they are programs that can exist on the net accessable > through URI's, are capable of being delivered through any > number of , ubiquitous browsers, and can deliver a kind of > functionality, pixel for pixel identical across platforms, > and with a performance that even Java (which promised all of > the above) can't hope to deliver.  Yes, they are a member of > a class called programs, but perhaps they are also a member > of a proper subclass of programs properly called 'applets'?
> > > On the other hand, while we call them Squeaklets > affectionately, perhaps we ought to use the somewhat more > professional-sounding 'applets', or 'Squeak applets' instead?
> > I feel very strongly against this.  There's enough corporate out there
> to come up with some professional-sounding term.  In this set of
> universes, let's call em whatever they want to be called and the heck
> with conforming to some market.  Now, how's that go?  'The best way to
> predict the future is to invent it'
> > Sorry, you just poked a nerve on that one, dude :-)  Rob
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: MIME :jeffs at pstnet.com > Sent: Tuesday, February > 08, 2000 12:55 PM
> > > To: squeak at cs.uiuc.edu
> > > Subject: Re: Squeak's web server
> > > > > >Let's  call them *programs*!
> > > >
> > > >(In case you can't tell the whole "applet", "servlet", > > "foo-let" jargon
> > > >leaves me a bit grumpy ;))
> > > > I agree here. A piece of code that works in the context > of another
> > > program (say, an OS) is still a program.
> > > > One could easily use other goofy jargonf or special > purpose programs
> > > like "banger," "clanger", "tinkler" or whatever. But they're still
> > > programs.
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