On 18.11.2009, at 13:41, Steve Wessels wrote:
That's right. Smalltalk hasn't died. I am fortunate enough to be part of a team developing financial software for many years using Smalltalk.
People have predicted Smalltalk's death about as often as Apple's death.
I think comparisons between Smalltalk and Java have to take marketing into account.
Paying Smalltalk work is harder to find. Here's an interesting twist. Companies looking for skilled Object Oriented developers, if they understand what they need, will seek programmers with Smalltalk experience.
- Steve
To what extent do you think the following applies (in reverse) to Smalltalk?
"If you program in the most popular programming language, your skill in that particular language is a commodity. If you program only in the most popular programming language, you have made yourself a commodity. A commodity can only compete on location and price, and location doesn't really get you much on the Internet. This means that only people with a poor understanding of economics program in [the most popular programming language]." (http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.com/2009/01/why-hacker-news-thinks-php-won.html)
- Bert -