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On Jan 29, 2008 5:00 PM, Matthew Fulmer <tapplek at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 04:45:18PM -0600, David Zmick wrote:
> >    I have been wondering how to make smalltalk a more "popular"
> language,
> >    because i think it is excellent, and i think it would be good to try
> to
> >    get other people to use it, because, i don't notice to many younger
> >    programmers, like myself, using smalltalk, though, i may be wrong.
>
> I am 22, which is younger than everyone else I've asked here.
>
> >    One of
> >    the first thing i would think of to promote smalltalk would be
> writing
> >    programs in smalltalk instead of just making smalltalk better, i am
> not
> >    trying to discourage improvement on smalltalk, but if all you are
> >    developing is a language for people to continue to develop a language
> in,
> >    it seems like a waste of time.
>
> If it is fun, it is not a waste of time for that person. . But
> you are right; it should not be the only direction we pursue. I
> really want to push that as the vision for the next release
> team.
>
> >    The only program I know about, as in big,
> >    large scale programs, written in smalltalk is PetroVR, i may be wrong
> >    there to, but i see smalltalk as an excellent development environment
> and
> >    language, but, nothing big is written in it, and it will never grow
> if the
> >    community is focused entirely on making smalltalk better.
>
> There are lots of big seaside projects; the biggest is
> dabbledb.com. Croquet is pretty big too.
>
> >    I might be
> >    completely wrong, but that is what i have seen, but, i have only
> really
> >    payed attention for a couple of months, and i think it would be good
> to
> >    see some growth in smalltalk's popularity. :)
>
> >
>
>
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