> I'd allways had the impression that Squeak was about "inventing the
> future" and not "implementing the past". But that could have just been
> a strange idea of me, I guess...


I agree with you. I think that the discussion about PoolDictionary 
shows also that this is an old concept.

I think that been ANSI compatible is worth if the changes are for a 
better language.

I really the quote "Smalltalk is my second favorite language, I'm 
working on the firsy one" ;)

Stef