Quoting Cees de Groot <cg at cdegroot.com>:

> And if I then consider that:
> a) you only need to have one Socket, and if it doesn't work, fix it;
> b) I actually don't mind prefixes at all;
> c) the way forward to really really large systems is probably partitioning  
> in processes/islands/subimages/vats/networks/... where cross-partition  
> communication should ideally be based on as little naming as possible and  
> more on abstract things like UUID's (or in a completely orthogonal naming  
> space like URL's - just an example, I'm *not* proposing to replace class  
> names with URL's ;));
> d) conflicting names can be talked about and resolved on a human level. I  
> usually prefer human solutions over technological solutions, and  
> Smalltalk's philosophy seems to be with me there;
> my current position is that we can do very well without them.
> 
Having used Squeak 3.8g for more than 6 weeks now and updating my previous
applications (even from 3.2)  I fully agree....

Hannes