Elliot,

The biggest problem with Smalltalk is it was never finished, either as a
computer language or as an operating system.  The whole library should have
been  managed like the Terse Guide, instead of allowing non-terse garbage
additions like the HALO around windows.  It seems many Smalltalk sandbox
players never had a life where they learned computers were invented to
automate things instead of make partially developed features that actually
require more human work and telling everyone else to join in and do the
work that should have been done before the new feature was released.
Another parallel is with the mess that is Christianity today compared to
the original Gospel of Jesus Christ.

Here is my effort toward straightening out Christianity.
www.TheManChild.org  Maybe you can learn how pursuing truth could
straighten out computers instead of engaging in another international
Smalltalk like hype fest as has taken hold in Neural Network based
Artificial Intelligence.

Kirk


On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 12:59 PM, Eliot Miranda <eliot.miranda at gmail.com>
wrote:

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> On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 11:56 AM, ReliableRobots.com <
> reliablerobots at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It sounds like Squeak has a parallel to to the Peter Principle - it has
>> been promoted to its level of incompetence.    What version uses good old
>> ASCII text only? and how do I get it?   I wonder if it would get the job
>> done quicker to return to an old computer with GWBasic than to become an
>> expert on stuff I do not want to learn which might be done easier in almost
>> any other language including the macro language of some word processing
>> package?  THE BALLOON IS FALLING, THE BALLOON IS FALLING!  If Ward
>> Cunningham's Wki on why Smalltalk is Dead were still open for updates, this
>> discovery would make a good addition.
>>
>
> Mature people take responsibility for their failings instead of looking
> around for a scapegoat to blame.  of course, the immature approach could
> end up getting you elected President of the USA, so don't take my statement
> as encouragement to change your ways.  But if you want to use Squeak
> effectively you might learn to criticise constructively and think
> positively.  You might end up being happier.  Until then keep flailing
> about and avoid mirrors.
>
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>> On Wed, Mar 15, 2017 at 11:33 AM, Frank Shearar <frank.shearar at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>>> On 14 March 2017 at 14:31, ReliableRobots.com <reliablerobots at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
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>>>> i have a text file I copied off Facebook.  Here is a method to start
>>>> converting it to .html for a web page and one of the files.  Unfortunately
>>>> it hangs up on something called UTF8 - more system development for text
>>>> please.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I would suggest you read up on UTF-8 if you plan on manipulating text.
>>> Otherwise you will not have fun times, and will not be able to ask
>>> targetted questions. This will make helping you a lot harder.
>>>
>>> frank
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