On Nov 10, 2007 11:02 AM, Herbert König <herbertkoenig at gmx.net> wrote:

> Hello Bert,
>
> BF> Does anybody here still subscribe to the idea that Smalltalk should
> BF> be a system in particular for non-experts? That certainly was its
> BF> original motivation. It also has largely failed in that regard,
> BF> though not necessarily so on technical reasons.
>
> Yes I do, actually that's what's attracted me to Squeak.
>
I'm an
> engineer and I need a software toolbox.


+1


> Think Matlab.


or  OLPC/eToys


>
>
> Squeak is brought ahead right now by Software people so it goes into
> their direction, not towards non expert users. (Which is ok, as they
> do the work.) But in the end a small modularized kernel will help non
> expert users too. If it has easy access to the wealth of existing code
> which was in older images it will even be attractive for them.
>
> Cheers
>
> Herbert                            mailto:herbertkoenig at gmx.net
>
>
>
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