As mentioned in episode #207, I would also be interested in more interviews with smalltalk people.
People smarter then me who I trust have told me how great smalltalk was - and I am inclined to believe them. However, I was around in the 90s, just not developing smalltalk apps - but using some. They were to put it politely "underwhelming" from a users point of view (actually terrible) - they felt nothing like other apps of the time, worked slowly and painfully. So perhaps one of the failings of smalltalk wasn't just the proprietary/expensive nature of the tools, but the fact that it made things great for the developers at the expense of end users (which at the end of the day are the ones who count). However, I get the impression from the early days of smalltalk was that user/developer was all meant to blend together (which is a noble aim). --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
