Animorphic ST (Strongtalk) released!
Diego Gomez Deck
DiegoGomezDeck at ConsultAr.com
Tue Jul 16 18:38:52 UTC 2002
Hi Dan,
[snip]
>Some questions are:
>
> Would the system benefit from being cast into StrongTalk?
> and how much work would this be?
Some type of typed system lead us to some sort of multiple inheritance. The
types could be:
1) ala C++: Multiple inheritance of implementation and protocol -> no comments.
2) ala Java / Objective C: Multiple inheritance of protocol.
2) ala StrongTalk: Multiple inheritance but based on mixins.
IMHO, the benefits (if any [*]) don't pay the complexity.
[*] I'm not a very old smalltalker, but I have some years of experience and
never the type-less system was a problem to me.... on the contrary, I feel
that the type-less system helps in the process of development.
> Would anyone care if it ran 10 times faster?
> and how much work would this be?
Yes... of course! I use Squeak (for example) to simulate complex systems
and the extra performance is ever welcome.
> Would it be fun to do?
I don't know, you tell me :-)
>Comments?
>
> - Dan
Cheers,
Diego Gomez Deck
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