Paul D. Fernhout wrote: >If I perhaps oversimplify, essentially the choice right now is between >elegant syntax, uniform abstractions, and powerful tools, embodied in a >system originally designed for kids by big corporate R&D (Smalltalk) > I've never met a kid who wrote an iota of Smalltalk. Do I conclude that Smalltalk was a failed R&D project, with lucky side-effects? I don;t need to.particularly, but can adjust my thinking if it better reflects the history.
The very successful people I *can* lunch with (and there are a few who will deem to have lunch with me) tend to have some sense and appreciation of right place, right time. Art _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
