[Rant] Shrinking problems and rampant interdependencies

Noel J. Bergman noel at devtech.com
Sun Jul 29 15:31:02 UTC 2001


Tim,

Did you see the "Morph selectors size -> 924" thread, or "Good interfaces
gone bad" a few months back?  As you've noticing, the surface area within
Squeak appears excessive; not unexpected in any object programming project
that lacks active oversight of interfaces, especially an organic
co-operative community project.  Perhaps this is something that SqF can
address, since refactoring interfaces to minimize surface area isn't usually
on most programmer's "want to do" list.  It is harder, and rarely leads to
instant gratification by adding new functionality.

	--- Noel





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