[squeak-dev] Re: What is Squeak (was Re: Re: package universes,
sake/packages, (first time) user experiences, etc.)
Andreas Raab
andreas.raab at gmx.de
Sun Dec 7 21:40:38 UTC 2008
Igor Stasenko wrote:
> One people hate Etoys, others hate Traits. :)
>
> Then lets declare 3.8 a best software ever made and leave things as they is.
How exactly are these two statements related? Why does a dislike for
traits imply that 3.8 is perfect?
> Since 3.8 is perfect, then any contribution made past 3.8 and any will
> be made in future should be rejected because you can't improve what is
> already perfect, right? :)
> Let's then stop discussing how to improve things - because it is pointless.
Is there any point to this rhetoric? If so I fail to see it.
> There's only one thing which makes me uncomfortable: any organism
> which can't evolve and can't react to ever-changing environment
> adequately is doomed to become extinct.
And your point is...? You are the first person to propose stopping to
improve Squeak. Since I know this isn't your goal I can only guess that
you were trying to make some other point which I'm not getting.
Cheers,
- Andreas
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