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> Hmm, what is the purpose of language feature then if it need to be
> circumvented?
> Seems like people forget to use
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam's_Razor<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occam%27s_Razor>principles :)
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>
Vassily has shown several benefits of using newspeak constructors that were
not discussed further, and  it doesn't look like a simple cut of a razor.
The single place to describe slots and ease of migration are strong points.
For most of us good news are that  Newspeak is being developed by a small
team of incredibly experienced Smalltalk/Language architects for their own
needs and they know what they do for sure. Vassily says it works and works
well. They say - we listen :) The whole thing is their own business, but
they kindly convinced management to release the result to the public. It is
disappointing that such a great initiative is being described in not so nice
terms.
Personally  I  anticipate  Newspeak's release it it happens as the next
great thing after Smalltalk (unfortunately Self was not released *properly*
to be in between).

cheers,
  Danil

>
> --
> Best regards,
> Igor Stasenko AKA sig.
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