On 20.04.2007, at 20:29, J J wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am looking at doing a big Erlang project, but I want to do all  
> the GUI stuff in Smalltalk/Squeak.  I want the system to be  
> reflective as well, so the best is if Squeak can talk directly to  
> Erlang via Erlang's own message passing style.
>
> Can Spoon help with this, or is it expecting Smalltalk objects to  
> be on the other side?
>
> And once I can send and receive the messages in Squeak then the  
> question comes up about 'why not just do it all in Squeak?'.  The  
> only two things I can think of are: (1) speed and (2) Erlang makes  
> sure you don't try to modify state (since there are potentially  
> thousands of threads and no locking mechanisms), while in Squeak it  
> would have to be discipline.

this sounds like a very interesting project. What kind of project is  
it? Do you have any references suitable for the public?

cheers
Diman