On 06/03/2008, Germán Arduino <garduino at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2008/3/6, Paolo Bonzini <bonzini at gnu.org>:
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> >  >>  Heck, not even the image is Smalltalk -- it's just an implementation detail.
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>  >  > 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.
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> I'm currently not interested in Python or Ruby :)
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>  > The strong point of Smalltalk is the
>  >  language, period.
>  >
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> In your opinion, not in mine. I love the language, but don't think is
>  the strong point.
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>  >  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).
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> I respect you opinion and your experience, but not agree. I feel very
>  productive using Smalltalk as an environment, not just as a language.
>

+1
smalltalk without decent dev tools is just another language.
Yes, you can do much with it, by having only text editor. But you can
do a times faster/better using environment.


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Best regards,
Igor Stasenko AKA sig.