Hi Liam.

> [...] but a couple of the other points seem quite telling... or do they?

Is this a typical low-effort "You tell me why I should care?"-situation? :-)

Well, if you want to figure out whether your friend is right or wrong, you could try creating a non-trivial thing in Squeak. This involves getting to know the entire system, not just the Smalltalk language and standard library. You would have to figure out how Squeak's tools work and how to shorten the feedback cycle to the level you are most comfortable with. --- After that, you are qualified to ponder about what modern Web browsers (+ DOM/CSS/JavaScript) have achieved yet, and what they still miss. Maybe also include the motivation behind Docker and containerization in general.

Just kidding. :-) Or am I?

Best,
Marcel
Am 15.03.2021 18:30:31 schrieb Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com>:
https://twitter.com/jamescham/status/1370955307799613441?s=20

I retweeted it. A friend of mine responded thus:

«
Ludicrous price, image based persistence making software distribution
a nightmare, trivial 'image wide' malware, and the inability to run
anything not written in smalltalk. And 'No'.
»

The price is now moot since there are multiple FOSS implementations,
but a couple of the other points seem quite telling... or do they?

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