<div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Bert Freudenberg <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bert@freudenbergs.de">bert@freudenbergs.de</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div><div></div><div class="h5">On 17.03.2010, at 17:12, Chris Cunnington wrote:<br>> Databases are for peasants. We are unique and occupy a unique position. Let's embrace that. Stop trying to turn us into shadows of Gemstone, Cimcom, or other merchants of tedium. If Kent Beck isn't happy with Squeak, I don't see it as our job to cater.<br>
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> There is nothing else on earth like us and what we do.<br>
> Squeak is a never ending game of capture the flag.<br>
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> Chris<br></div></div>
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And even if it *was* only for databases it wouldn't hurt to support it in Squeak. It takes nothing away from the fun.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>And it's not only about databases. I would be interested in immutability implementations that go beyond what VW does. I would like to see some thought given to deep immutability and irrevocable immutability (irrevocable at least at some language layer). These facilities would be immensely useful for safely and efficiently sharing and replicating state between processes.</div>
<div><br></div><div>- Stephen</div><div><br></div></div>