I totally agree with marcus: using what we have today does not mean 
that we will be stuck with it but
at least we have it.

I suggest to read Worse is better paper of Dick Gabriel.

Stef

> A very similar decicion is RB-ParseTrees vs. Colins new CodeModel. I 
> think that Colin's stuff is the right direction in the long run, but
> we should think about moving in the stuff that's already there and not 
> delay just because something even better is imaginable.
>
> (This is a common trap to run into, and we have seen it a lot in 
> Squeak. If all that "not perfect" improvements that have been 
> discussed
>  would have been implemented, the system would be much better now.)
>
> So I'd like to see OB on the tools front, and RB-ParseTrees+ the new 
> Compiler and the RB Engine down under. Just as a first step.
>
> After that is done, we should extend/replace the stuff with the 
> CodeModel. Great stuff will be possible with a scheme that Colin is
> implementing.
>
>     Marcus
>
>