Access vs. Media

Swan, Dean Dean_Swan at Mitel.COM
Tue Oct 30 18:29:14 UTC 2001


John,

>A 320x240 screen is just too small for 
>programming, in Squeak or any other
>language. Programming is hard enough
>even when you have enough screen real
>estate...

    Forgive me, but I just can not let
this go un-rebuked.  Many of us started
our programming careers on machines like
the venerable Apple II, which only had
a 280x192 screen and a fixed pitch 40
by 24 text mode.

    So, as Andreas mentioned, a lot of
people once "knew" that you can't write
an operating system in C.  It seems that
a lot of people now "know" that a 320 x
240 screen is too small for programming.

    We really should be able to craft a
version of Squeak that would be a usable
development and runtime environment on a
machine with the power of a 33 MHz 68K
and a small display.  I avoid saying a
"Palm" because: 1) There are many low
cost handhelds in this category.  2) The
Palm OS has some limitations that could
impede performance.

                       -Dean

P.S. This message is 40 characters wide
by 37 lines, just to make a point.  With
a 6x8 font, it would fit completely on
a 240 x 320 screen with room to spare.




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