Info on Smalltalk DSLs or Metaprogramming...
Ramon Leon
ramon.leon at allresnet.com
Wed Sep 6 21:12:29 UTC 2006
> The place smalltalk gets it's new developers is the place
> everyone gets
> them: mostly from
> the existing base of developers. But if you want to get
True
> people from the existing base then they have to see that this
> language is going to help them get their work done.
And they are, Squeak is growing well.
> This is why so many people switched from Perl to Ruby and
> Python. It was a familiar world but without all the badness
> of the world they currently lived in.
And Ruby draws attention to Smalltalk, since it's heavily influenced by
Smalltalk.
> I am not saying smalltalk needs to turn into java, certainly
> not. But there need to be some things that java people
> recognize. Like documentation in a form they expect. And
> maybe a simple script interface for people comming from that
> side of the house.
Nah, the Java developers are running in droves to Ruby, great, it'll
acclimate them to Smalltalk, Ruby is after all Smalltalk lite. You can't be
a Ruby programmer, and not hear of Smalltalk, it's only natural to check it
out.
> I relize it has been tried before. But I think it has to be
> tried again until it works. :)
You assume it isn't working now, but it is, Seaside's bringing many a new
developer to Smalltalk, myself included. Watch the lists, there's plenty of
new developers popping up all the time.
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