[squeak-dev] Load instructions (Re: The Inbox:
Morphic-hjh.424.mcz)
Bert Freudenberg
bert at freudenbergs.de
Thu Apr 22 13:11:20 UTC 2010
On 22.04.2010, at 14:49, Edgar J. De Cleene wrote:
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> On 4/22/10 9:26 AM, "Bert Freudenberg" <bert at freudenbergs.de> wrote:
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>> CodeLoader has a very specific purpose, primarily for loading Etoys projects.
>> It is not meant to be used for anything else.
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> All is Smalltalk is evolution and change.
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> It's like said the fire was invented for cook a Brontosaur and we can't use
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No, it's like insisting to modify a hammer so it can be re-used for screws. Even when a perfectly useable screwdriver is already on the work bench.
Or, to uses a metaphor related to programming languages, it's like nailing four extra legs onto a dog to get an octopus.
- Bert -
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