agree :)

BTW its Rich Warren who says

>
>On Aug 30, 2006, at 8:35 AM, Ramon Leon wrote:
>
>I agree that Smalltalk has excellent tools for sifting through the  source
>code. However, this can be a barrier to entry for newcomers.  We need a
>constant supply of new blood, otherwise Smalltalk will  wither and die.
>

not Ramon Leon


On 9/2/06, J J <azreal1977 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> I was talking about all why's (and hows).  If you ever hope
> to hand off your project to someone else those design
> level why's are going to have to be there.  If you want the average
> person to use it those how's are going to have to be there and some
> why's as well because they may want to use your classes slightly
> different then you originally envisioned.
>
>
> >From: "Hiren Thacker" <hithacker at gmail.com>
> >Reply-To: The general-purpose Squeak developers
> >list<squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
> >To: "The general-purpose Squeak developers
> >list"<squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
> >Subject: Re: Thoughts from an outsider
> >Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 02:03:54 +0530
> >
> >On 8/31/06, Benjamin Pollack <benjamin.pollack at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>On 8/30/06, Hiren Thacker <hithacker at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > Even if you coded right in pure English, I still wouldn't
> >> > know *why* you did it the way you did, and therefore I
> >> > wouldn't know *why* I shouldn't just change it.
> >>
> >actually many seniour Squeakers r thr always on #squeak at
> >irc.freenode.netor asking on mailing-list also get very quick reply
> >> > usually.So i think we can ask, to author or anyone who knows, about
> >> > *why* you did it the way you did usually.
> >> >
> >>
> >>Hiren proposes you simply email the list whenever you have a why. That's
> a
> >>waste of everyone's time. The developer has to explain more than once,
> >>while
> >>users who subscribe to the list have to either preemptively save and
> >>categorize important emails or else try to remember enough words from
> the
> >>email that they can google their way to it--and frequently, they give up
> >>and
> >>ask again anyway. New users, meanwhile, are too scared to ask questions
> on
> >>squeak-dev, which is where you'd have to ask if you really wanted the
> >>original coder to respond with a because instead of a more experienced
> >>user to respond with a how-to.
> >>
> >
> >Benjamin,
> >I think you are taking my english in wrong context.I think JJ was talking
> >about "Design level Whys" if you read his that post, which i
> >replied."Design
> >level Whys" are not important for everyone using it.You should try to
> solve
> >your doubts first by excersing own mind, its not necessary to ask for
> >whenever u have a why.
> >
> >Regards,
> >Hiren
> >Hiren
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>


-- 
Hiren J.Thacker
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