>Maybe the only reason why we're still stuck with MVC and other things is
>because of compatibility reasons and because of the Smalltalk-80 and
>ANSI standards (just a thought).

Specifically what aspects of the ANSI standard requires MVC?  How 
does this limit doing other things, such as Morphic?  (Squeak has 
Morphic AND MVC).

What "other things" did you have in mind?