[squeak-dev] Smalltalk for small projects only?

James Robertson jarober at gmail.com
Sat Jan 28 16:12:04 UTC 2012


I'd say that the biggest driver is process, not language.  Using version control tools and sane build process, the image is utterly irrelevant

On Jan 28, 2012, at 10:46 AM, Janko Mivšek wrote:

> Hi guys,
> 
> Ralph Johnson in his InfoQ interview made an interesting observation:
> 
> 2:55 minute: "Smalltalk made an fundamental error ... image ... you can
> build something with 4-5 people what 50 people can build in Java, but if
> you take 200 people in Java ... it is really designed for small systems
> ...  "
> 
> Are we because of the image really destined for relatively small
> projects and small systems (of Java 50 people project size)?
> 
> Are we really not able to scale to bigger projects/systems because of that?
> 
> Ok, there are few exceptions of course (JPMorgan, OOCL, ..), but still...
> 
> [1] http://www.infoq.com/interviews/johnson-armstrong-oop
> 
> Best regards
> Janko
> 
> 
> -- 
> Janko Mivšek
> Aida/Web
> Smalltalk Web Application Server
> http://www.aidaweb.si
> 

James Robertson
http://www.jarober.com
jarober at gmail.com





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