[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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