Squeak-dev April 1998

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Re: Microsoft Concludes Agreement To License Technology For Smalltalk
by m3rabb＠stono.com 03 Apr '98

03 Apr '98

> Kind of a lot to type for an april fool, huh? > >I cannot take full credit. I just modified the skeleton of it to be a >Squeak/Smalltalk press release. So I typed less than half, if you >think *that* much was worth the effort. Double Arrrggghh! Does anyone have a bridge they would like to sell me? I got so excited I even forgot to change the To: field. I guess that's why they call them dreams. --Maurice

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RE: Microsoft Concludes Agreement To License Technology For Smalltalk
by Alejandro F. Reimondo 03 Apr '98

03 Apr '98

To all... >Microsoft And Disney Conclude Agreement To License Technology For Smalltalk If you want to see more jokes like this... You can read all the manuals of Gemstone. :-) Thanks to Patric Logan ( patrickl(a)servio.gemstone.com ) for showing us, that he is joking while working. Ale.

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Video Game from Inside Smalltalk Vol1.
by rlingenf＠spd.dsccc.com 02 Apr '98

02 Apr '98

Hello, I am having a little trouble with the Video game from Inside Smalltalk Vol.1 The the game objects all seem to initialize ok, but the ball object gets "pegged" to the bottom right corner of the screen, out of bounds, and the game cycles through three plays and quits. Has anyone already typed this up? I would be glad to send/post for anyone who wishes to take a look. It is probably a minor fix, but I have looked at it too long now, and am going in circles. Thanks, Robert P.S. I also have typed in the Histogram program from the Pinson and Wiener book. An MVC example. It works, but I did not implement the printOut function

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Microsoft Concludes Agreement To License Technology For Smalltalk
by m3rabb＠stono.com 02 Apr '98

02 Apr '98

C-- This is the most exciting thing that I have _ever_ heard from Microsoft! I have always loved Smalltalk, and as I have been cursing my decision to move to Java, almost from the moment after I decided to use switch to it. There has alway been a derth of good tools (that aren't 10K of $) for Smalltalk. Just as we have suffered for so long in the minority knowing that Apple is a nice platform to use than PCs. I have suffered over Smalltalk. Now this may all change in the very near future. --M ---------- Microsoft And Disney Conclude Agreement To License Technology For Smalltalk Microsoft Demonstrates Smalltalk-80-Compatible Browser and Tools REDMOND, WA - April 1, 1998 - At a press conference today Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) announced it has concluded an agreement to license the Squeak Smalltalk-80 programming language and related technology for inclusion in Microsoft products. As part of this agreement Microsoft will develop and maintain the reference implementation of Smalltalk-80 for Windows(R) platforms, such as the Windows(R)98 and Windows NT(R) operating system. Also, Microsoft demonstrated a number of Smalltalk-80-compatible technologies collectively code-named "Orlando." The technologies demonstrated included Smalltalk-80 support in the Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 Web browser using a built-in, high performance just-in-time (JIT) compiler; an integrated development tool; and integration of the Smalltalk-80 language with industry-standard component object model (COM) objects through Microsoft ActiveX(TM) Technologies for the Internet and PC. Microsoft further outlined its plans for Smalltalk-80 support, indicating that future versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows and Apple(R) Macintosh(R) will include the ability to run Smalltalk-80 applets distributed through the World Wide Web. The company also outlined plans to create a high-productivity development tool for Smalltalk-80, based on its award-winning Developer Studio technology. Microsoft is currently being sued by Sun over trademark infringement issues relating to its licensing of Java technology from Sun. A U.S. District Court judge granted Sun Microsystems Inc.'s request for a preliminary injunction that prevents Microsoft from using Sun's Java Compatible(TM) logo to promote and distribute its Internet Explorer 4.0 and related products. In response, Microsoft has taken the unprecedented step of completely abandoning Java in favor of what they consider to be "a vastly superior programming language technology" in the words of Microsoft founder Bill Gates. In a project that has been kept under wraps ever since the initial adoption of Java, a team of Microsoft researchers has prepared an alternative programming language for use in case of a serious dispute with Sun over the future of the Java language. After evaluating many programming languages, the team settled on Smalltalk-80 as being the best alternative to Java. According to Chris Fraser, a Microsoft research scientist, "Smalltalk-80's dynamic type system is far superior to the one developed for Java." Also, he asserts that "pure object-oriented programs are the wave of the future: hybrid C-based programming has reached a dead end." As other developers integrated Java into Microsoft products such as the Internet Explorer, this "shadow team" created secret versions of these same products using Smalltalk-80 instead of Java. The team leader, Conal Elliott, asserts that due to the elegance and expressiveness of Smalltalk-80, his team was able to completely duplicate the work being done with Java using only a tenth of the manpower. As all tools needed to switch from Java to Smalltalk-80 are already in place, Microsoft expects to completely purge its products of Java within a period of less than two months. "The Squeak technology will provide a great way for our developer customers to create innovative applications for the Web," said Dave Hanson, vice president of development tools at Microsoft. "We intend to be the premier supplier of Smalltalk-80-compatible tools to Internet developers." "Microsoft's commitment to Smalltalk-80 is both impressive and comprehensive, and this agreement makes them one of the leading Smalltalk-80 supporters," said Alan C. Kay, the head of the Squeak project at Disney. "Microsoft's licensing of Squeak broadens support of the technology significantly." "Integrating the Smalltalk-80 language with COM is something our customers and ISV partners think is extremely important," said Erik Meijer, the new senior vice president of Internet platforms and tools, at Microsoft. "It brings a whole new dimension to Smalltalk: a clear path for integration with existing applications, systems and technologies. It means that you don't have to start over to take advantage of Smalltalk-80." Current Smalltalk developers reacted with both joy and concern at this announcement. Allen Wirfs-Brock, a prominent Smalltalk-80 implementor, said "I guess this means the end of our research efforts here. There is no way a small research group such as ours can compete with Microsoft." At UIUC, Ralph Johnson was more optimistic: "Now I can get out of this hellhole in Urbana-Champaign and get a real job at Microsoft." In fact, many Smalltalk-80 developers are expected to join a new Microsoft research group in Portland, Oregon which will be headed by Ward Cunningham, a prominent Smalltalk researcher. Mr. Cunningham explained that "they wanted me to come to Redmond but I decided to remain here in Portland. When they decided to build a research center here for me I was thrilled!" Additional information on Microsoft Corporation is available on the Internet at http://www.microsoft.com. Additional information on Smalltalk-80 and Squeak is available on the Internet at http://www.stic.org. Microsoft Windows, Windows NT and ActiveX are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries. -------------------------------- Maurice Rabb, CTO Stono Technologies, LLC Chicago, Illinois, USA tel 773.281.6003 m3rabb(a)stono.com

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#intSqrt for LargePositiveInteger
by sqrmax＠cvtci.com.ar 02 Apr '98

02 Apr '98

Hi. I've found an algorithm for extracting integer square roots from LargePositiveIntegers, less complex than Newton-Raphson. Although it's just been grabbed out of the oven, I also have a proof showing that it works. But who knows, maybe I made a mistake and I still don't know. Whatever... #haveFun = #doNotWait <alt-p> true. Andres. Content-Type: application/octet-stream; name="LargePo0.st" Content-Disposition: attachment; Filename="LargePo0.st" Attachment converted: Cog:LargePo0.st (????/----) (0000CBA8)

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Re: Microsoft Concludes Agreement To License Technology For Smalltalk
by JBoehnker 02 Apr '98

02 Apr '98

Kind of a lot to type for an april fool, huh? Jon In a message dated 98-04-01 15:30:37 EST, you write: << Microsoft And Disney Conclude Agreement To License Technology For Smalltalk Microsoft Demonstrates Smalltalk-80-Compatible Browser and Tools REDMOND, WA - April 1, 1998 - At a press conference today Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) announced it has concluded an agreement to license the Squeak Smalltalk-80 programming language and related technology for inclusion in Microsoft products. As part of this agreement Microsoft will develop and maintain the reference implementation of Smalltalk-80 for Windows(R) platforms, such as the Windows(R)98 and Windows NT(R) operating system. Also, Microsoft demonstrated a number of Smalltalk-80-compatible technologies collectively code-named "Orlando." The technologies demonstrated included Smalltalk-80 support in the Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 Web browser using a built-in, high performance just-in-time (JIT) compiler; an integrated development tool; and integration of the Smalltalk-80 language with industry-standard component object model (COM) objects through Microsoft ActiveX(TM) Technologies for the Internet and PC. Microsoft further outlined its plans for Smalltalk-80 support, indicating that future versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows and Apple(R) Macintosh(R) will include the ability to run Smalltalk-80 applets distributed through the World Wide Web. The company also outlined plans to create a high-productivity development tool for Smalltalk-80, based on its award-winning Developer Studio technology. Microsoft is currently being sued by Sun over trademark infringement issues relating to its licensing of Java technology from Sun. A U.S. District Court judge granted Sun Microsystems Inc.'s request for a preliminary injunction that prevents Microsoft from using Sun's Java Compatible(TM) logo to promote and distribute its Internet Explorer 4.0 and related products. In response, Microsoft has taken the unprecedented step of completely abandoning Java in favor of what they consider to be "a vastly superior programming language technology" in the words of Microsoft founder Bill Gates. In a project that has been kept under wraps ever since the initial adoption of Java, a team of Microsoft researchers has prepared an alternative programming language for use in case of a serious dispute with Sun over the future of the Java language. After evaluating many programming languages, the team settled on Smalltalk-80 as being the best alternative to Java. According to Chris Fraser, a Microsoft research scientist, "Smalltalk-80's dynamic type system is far superior to the one developed for Java." Also, he asserts that "pure object-oriented programs are the wave of the future: hybrid C-based programming has reached a dead end." As other developers integrated Java into Microsoft products such as the Internet Explorer, this "shadow team" created secret versions of these same products using Smalltalk-80 instead of Java. The team leader, Conal Elliott, asserts that due to the elegance and expressiveness of Smalltalk-80, his team was able to completely duplicate the work being done with Java using only a tenth of the manpower. As all tools needed to switch from Java to Smalltalk-80 are already in place, Microsoft expects to completely purge its products of Java within a period of less than two months. "The Squeak technology will provide a great way for our developer customers to create innovative applications for the Web," said Dave Hanson, vice president of development tools at Microsoft. "We intend to be the premier supplier of Smalltalk-80-compatible tools to Internet developers." "Microsoft's commitment to Smalltalk-80 is both impressive and comprehensive, and this agreement makes them one of the leading Smalltalk-80 supporters," said Alan C. Kay, the head of the Squeak project at Disney. "Microsoft's licensing of Squeak broadens support of the technology significantly." "Integrating the Smalltalk-80 language with COM is something our customers and ISV partners think is extremely important," said Erik Meijer, the new senior vice president of Internet platforms and tools, at Microsoft. "It brings a whole new dimension to Smalltalk: a clear path for integration with existing applications, systems and technologies. It means that you don't have to start over to take advantage of Smalltalk-80." Current Smalltalk developers reacted with both joy and concern at this announcement. Allen Wirfs-Brock, a prominent Smalltalk-80 implementor, said "I guess this means the end of our research efforts here. There is no way a small research group such as ours can compete with Microsoft." At UIUC, Ralph Johnson was more optimistic: "Now I can get out of this hellhole in Urbana-Champaign and get a real job at Microsoft." In fact, many Smalltalk-80 developers are expected to join a new Microsoft research group in Portland, Oregon which will be headed by Ward Cunningham, a prominent Smalltalk researcher. Mr. Cunningham explained that "they wanted me to come to Redmond but I decided to remain here in Portland. When they decided to build a research center here for me I was thrilled!" Additional information on Microsoft Corporation is available on the Internet at http://www.microsoft.com. Additional information on Smalltalk-80 and Squeak is available on the Internet at http://www.stic.org. Microsoft Windows, Windows NT and ActiveX are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries. >>

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Microsoft Concludes Agreement To License Technology For Smalltalk
by Patrick Logan 02 Apr '98

02 Apr '98

Microsoft And Disney Conclude Agreement To License Technology For Smalltalk Microsoft Demonstrates Smalltalk-80-Compatible Browser and Tools REDMOND, WA - April 1, 1998 - At a press conference today Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq: MSFT) announced it has concluded an agreement to license the Squeak Smalltalk-80 programming language and related technology for inclusion in Microsoft products. As part of this agreement Microsoft will develop and maintain the reference implementation of Smalltalk-80 for Windows(R) platforms, such as the Windows(R)98 and Windows NT(R) operating system. Also, Microsoft demonstrated a number of Smalltalk-80-compatible technologies collectively code-named "Orlando." The technologies demonstrated included Smalltalk-80 support in the Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 Web browser using a built-in, high performance just-in-time (JIT) compiler; an integrated development tool; and integration of the Smalltalk-80 language with industry-standard component object model (COM) objects through Microsoft ActiveX(TM) Technologies for the Internet and PC. Microsoft further outlined its plans for Smalltalk-80 support, indicating that future versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer for Windows and Apple(R) Macintosh(R) will include the ability to run Smalltalk-80 applets distributed through the World Wide Web. The company also outlined plans to create a high-productivity development tool for Smalltalk-80, based on its award-winning Developer Studio technology. Microsoft is currently being sued by Sun over trademark infringement issues relating to its licensing of Java technology from Sun. A U.S. District Court judge granted Sun Microsystems Inc.'s request for a preliminary injunction that prevents Microsoft from using Sun's Java Compatible(TM) logo to promote and distribute its Internet Explorer 4.0 and related products. In response, Microsoft has taken the unprecedented step of completely abandoning Java in favor of what they consider to be "a vastly superior programming language technology" in the words of Microsoft founder Bill Gates. In a project that has been kept under wraps ever since the initial adoption of Java, a team of Microsoft researchers has prepared an alternative programming language for use in case of a serious dispute with Sun over the future of the Java language. After evaluating many programming languages, the team settled on Smalltalk-80 as being the best alternative to Java. According to Chris Fraser, a Microsoft research scientist, "Smalltalk-80's dynamic type system is far superior to the one developed for Java." Also, he asserts that "pure object-oriented programs are the wave of the future: hybrid C-based programming has reached a dead end." As other developers integrated Java into Microsoft products such as the Internet Explorer, this "shadow team" created secret versions of these same products using Smalltalk-80 instead of Java. The team leader, Conal Elliott, asserts that due to the elegance and expressiveness of Smalltalk-80, his team was able to completely duplicate the work being done with Java using only a tenth of the manpower. As all tools needed to switch from Java to Smalltalk-80 are already in place, Microsoft expects to completely purge its products of Java within a period of less than two months. "The Squeak technology will provide a great way for our developer customers to create innovative applications for the Web," said Dave Hanson, vice president of development tools at Microsoft. "We intend to be the premier supplier of Smalltalk-80-compatible tools to Internet developers." "Microsoft's commitment to Smalltalk-80 is both impressive and comprehensive, and this agreement makes them one of the leading Smalltalk-80 supporters," said Alan C. Kay, the head of the Squeak project at Disney. "Microsoft's licensing of Squeak broadens support of the technology significantly." "Integrating the Smalltalk-80 language with COM is something our customers and ISV partners think is extremely important," said Erik Meijer, the new senior vice president of Internet platforms and tools, at Microsoft. "It brings a whole new dimension to Smalltalk: a clear path for integration with existing applications, systems and technologies. It means that you don't have to start over to take advantage of Smalltalk-80." Current Smalltalk developers reacted with both joy and concern at this announcement. Allen Wirfs-Brock, a prominent Smalltalk-80 implementor, said "I guess this means the end of our research efforts here. There is no way a small research group such as ours can compete with Microsoft." At UIUC, Ralph Johnson was more optimistic: "Now I can get out of this hellhole in Urbana-Champaign and get a real job at Microsoft." In fact, many Smalltalk-80 developers are expected to join a new Microsoft research group in Portland, Oregon which will be headed by Ward Cunningham, a prominent Smalltalk researcher. Mr. Cunningham explained that "they wanted me to come to Redmond but I decided to remain here in Portland. When they decided to build a research center here for me I was thrilled!" Additional information on Microsoft Corporation is available on the Internet at http://www.microsoft.com. Additional information on Smalltalk-80 and Squeak is available on the Internet at http://www.stic.org. Microsoft Windows, Windows NT and ActiveX are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries.

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Re: Documenting Squeak
by Stephen Ma 01 Apr '98

01 Apr '98

"Boris G. Chr. Shingarov" <usib6tfj(a)pol.ru> writes: > > The code & doc browsers -as well as other tools- should be > tightly integrated. Imagine e.g. a new user inspecting some > object with the inspector, and the object has an instance > variable pointing to an IdentityDictionary. The user selects > the IV in the browser and sees 'an IdentityDictionary' in > the value pane and now he wonders what could this IdDict mean. > I definitely think there must be a tool integrated into each > of the other tool, to lead the user to the complete explanation > of what IdDict is, - by means of just one mouse click. One > approach is to use class comments as what such click can link > to, ... Yes, imposing some structure onto class comments might be a good idea, for several reasons. > ... but I guess a prototype(delegation)-based system gives > us more field for fantasy, because we can target many of our > documentation goals by simply defining a mandatory message > #explain, to return an explanation of what this object is, > who put it there and for what reason, and how to make profit > out of it (it obviously can't be elegantly done in a class- > based system). An interesting thought. To take the idea further, I think any hyperlinks within an explanation should be bidirectional: we when we are staring at a particular instance, we often want to find not only what it refers to but also who is referring to it. Implementation note: Attaching unique documentation to each instance would be possible if Squeak had finalizers and weak pointers. An instance being expunged by the garbage collector could, in its finalizer, remove itself and its documentation from a global Explanation dictionary. On a slight tangent: It seems to me that a documentation browser would be even more important in a prototype-based system, since there would be no class hierarchy to help a user find information. If we think of the entire system as a book, then the documentation browser would be the table of contents. > All: Did anyone see anything similar before? I'm designing > a new set of browsers/inspectors/debuggers/workspaces for > work with Cheese and am looking for fresh ideas (if the tools > will be nothing more than standard Smalltalk tools then they > will be not worth implementing - but then Cheese will lack > any tools and will be usekess and die). ------------------------------------ Stephen Ma <stephen_ma(a)mindlink.net>

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Anti-Spam Bill before US Congress
by William A. Barnett-Lewis 01 Apr '98

01 Apr '98

Hello all, This may be "somewhat" off topic, but it is an important issue these days. For those of us who are citizens of the US, please contact your senators and representatives and ask them to support House Bill 1748. This bill would amend the law banning junk faxes to include spam email. The full text of the bill follows: ________________________________________________________________________ Netizens Protection Act of 1997 (Introduced in the House) HR 1748 IH 105th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1748 To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ban the transmission of unsolicited advertisements by electronic mail, and to require that sender identification information be included with electronic mail messages. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 22, 1997 Mr. SMITH of New Jersey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Commerce A BILL To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ban the transmission of unsolicited advertisements by electronic mail, and to require that sender identification information be included with electronic mail messages. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the `Netizens Protection Act of 1997'. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON TRANSMISSION OF UNSOLICITED ADVERTISEMENTS BY ELECTRONIC MAIL. Section 227(b)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(b)(1)) is amended-- (1) by striking `or' at the end of subparagraph (C); (2) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (E); (3) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following new subparagraph: `(D) to use any computer or other electronic device to send an unsolicited advertisement to an electronic mail address of an individual with whom such person lacks a preexisting and ongoing business or personal relationship, unless such individual provides express invitation or permission; or'. SEC. 3. ELECTRONIC MAIL SENDER IDENTIFICATION INFORMATION REQUIRED. Section 227(d)(1) of the Communications Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227(d)(1)) is amended-- (1) by striking `or' at the end of subparagraph (A); (2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting `; and'; and (3) by inserting at the end the following new subparagraph: `(C) to use a computer or other electronic device to send an unsolicited advertisement to an electronic mail address unless such person clearly provides, at the beginning of such unsolicited advertisement, the date and time the message is sent, the identity of the business, other entity, or individual sending the message, and the return electronic mail address of such business, other entity, or individual.'. William Barnett-Lewis wlewis(a)mailbag.com -- _______________________________________________ Live without fear; your Creator loves you as a mother. Go in peace to follow the good road and may God's blessing be with you always. St. Claire _______________________________________________

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