[squeak-dev] Re: what is holding back Smalltalk?

Jeffrey J. Hallman jhallman at frb.gov
Fri Nov 21 15:20:21 UTC 2008


Mark Volkmann <mark at ociweb.com> writes:

> I don't have a lot of experience with Smalltalk yet, but I really love  what
> I've seen so far.
>
> I'm curious what experienced Smalltalkers see as some of the reasons  why it
> doesn't attract more attention. I understand the issues with  Smalltalk in the
> past related to license costs and performance, but  those have been addressed
> now. Have you tried to convince someone to  consider Smalltalk and failed to
> convince them? Why do you think they rejected it? 

They're not very smart.

> What improvements could be made to current Smalltalk  environments,
> especially Squeak, that might sway them? 

Say it was made by Microsoft.

Sure I'm being a little sarcastic, but I'm not far off.

-- 
Jeff




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