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<div>I<u> wish</u> we could get certain objects in Squeak to die
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<div>Cheers,</div>
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<div>Alan</div>
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<div>At 4:16 PM -0800 12/19/01, Duane Maxwell wrote:</div>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>> over at ruby-talk I saw the
following claim:<br>
><br>
> > I have noticed the "Pick-Axe" book,
"Programming Ruby," while looking<br>
> > for new Java and XML books, but I actually went looking for
a Java<br>
> > replacement when Sun Microsystems, sadly, made the Life
Decisions<br>
> > (http://www.fightpp.org/) boycott list as a supporter of
Planned<br>
> > Parenthood. (SmallTalk failed because it's expensive and the
owner of<br>
> > Squeak Smalltalk, Disney, is on the same boycott list. I
avoid the<br>
> > culture of death as much as possible, since I hope that God
will bless<br>
> > my work and fortunes.<br>
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> Please ignore philosophy, religion and politics, but tell me,<br>
> who, right now, is the "owner of squeak"?<br>
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It's quite a stretch to boycott Squeak because of Disney - they
just<br>
happened to pay some guys who worked on it for a while after it became
Open<br>
Source, and now they don't (well, I guess they still pay *one*
guy).<br>
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Again, independant of philosophy, religion, and politics, I think<br>
associating a "culture of death" to Squeak (without naming
the reason),<br>
might be kinda cool to bring in the disaffected, angst-ridden
"Dead Can<br>
Dance" crowd:<br>
<br>
Goth A: "Do you use Java?"<br>
Goth B: "No, I use Squeak - it's about death and the hopelessness
of<br>
existance."<br>
Goth A: "Kewl"<br>
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I mean, think about it - objects in Squeak almost exclusively die
of<br>
neglect, and their carcasses are "collected" and consumed by
the next<br>
generation (yeah, I know that's also true of Java...). Anyone
want to put<br>
crossbones on the logo?<br>
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-- Duane</blockquote>
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