Smalltalk: Requiem or Resurgence? {Dr. Dobb's
Journal (05/06/06) Chan, Jeremy}
Klaus D. Witzel
klaus.witzel at cobss.com
Fri May 12 19:04:37 UTC 2006
Hi Waldemar,
on Fri, 12 May 2006 20:30:47 +0200, you <sourceforge at devmue.de> wrote:
...
> I don't believe marketing is the main problem, because almost all
> programmers
> I know, know what Smalltalk is. So, they had contact with the product,
> somewhere,
> somehow, but they didn't buy it.
A b s o l u t e l y correct: they all know it.
...
> ... Though is was a known API to me,
> it felt much easier to use, because of all the advantages of Smalltalk.
Again, absolutely c o r r e c t. API is what makes the curly world go
'round. Learn the API once and apply it everywhere (isn't that called
'leverage' in English?).
...
> So, here I am, trying to decide which dialect I should use,
> if any.
Well, coffee has no dialect <grin> it has provenience.
/Klaus
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