There is a saying in econmoics that bad money displaces the good.
It seems to be true in software too. And in politics - of course.

Edmund


On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, David Faught wrote:

> I took the liberty (so shoot me!) of responding to the
> editor about this.  Here is the reply that I got:
> -------------------
> The reader is perfectly correct in observing that
> Smalltalk has indeed survived...perhaps I should have
> said "I wish Smalltalk had flourished."
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> I'm quite familiar with Squeak, and do agree that it's
> a Great Thing. However, despite its presence, and
> despite its use in some pockets of the software
> development space, reality is that the use of
> Smalltalk/Squeak is simply not what it was in the
> heyday of the language. The existence of a veritable
> cacophony of languages - from C++ to Java to C# to all
> the various scripting languages - plus the weight
> behind J2EE and .NET mean that Smalltalk/Squeak is,
> unfortunately, a niche language.
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> I wish it were not so.=20
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> Grady=20
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> > -----Original Message-----=20
> > From: aweber at cmp.com [mailto:aweber at cmp.com]=20
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 20:58=20
> > To: Booch, Grady=20
> > Subject: Fwd: FEEDBACK, Software Development
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> > Grady,=20
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> > Care to respond?=20
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> > --Alexa=20
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> Subject: FEEDBACK, Software=20
> > Development magazine=20
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> > In the December 2002 "My Favorite Things" article,
> Grady Booch says "My=20
> > absolute favorite language is Smalltalk.=A0 I wish it
> had survived."=A0 He=20
> > should take a look at Squeak at
> http://www.squeak.org and see how alive=20
> > Smalltalk really is!=20
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