[squeak-dev] Re: Renaming "Squeak"
Germán Arduino
garduino at gmail.com
Thu Mar 6 10:56:23 UTC 2008
2008/3/6, Paolo Bonzini <bonzini at gnu.org>:
>
> >> Heck, not even the image is Smalltalk -- it's just an implementation detail.
> >
> > I don't think so. IMHO the image is one of the strongest points. Is
> > the context that make possible a lot of things.
>
>
> But it's not like Python or Ruby couldn't have an image, it's just that
> people did not implement it.
I'm currently not interested in Python or Ruby :)
> The strong point of Smalltalk is the
> language, period.
>
In your opinion, not in mine. I love the language, but don't think is
the strong point.
> I use Smalltalk without an image daily (except as a cache to avoid
> parsing 100,000 lines of base classes every other minute) and I prefer
> it a lot over Ruby (I don't do Python).
I respect you opinion and your experience, but not agree. I feel very
productive using Smalltalk as an environment, not just as a language.
>
>
> Paolo
>
>
gsa.
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