"Ken G. Brown" wrote:

> ...I have
> often wondered why Smalltalk hasn't become more popular than it is while
> Java and C++ seem to be taking the world by storm....

Because Smalltalk embodies a relatively purist approach to computing; the "mob"
tends to prefer more compromises, such as Java or C++. Note how other purist
approaches to computing (Prolog, Lisp, Eiffel) tend to not be wildly accept
either. One of the funny quirks of human nature. :)

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