I don’t know if a 10 year lifespan is exceptional. I wrote an application in 1986 that’s still running. Development took 6 weeks. Including testing.
/————————————————————/ For encrypted mail use jgpfers...@protonmail.com Get a free account at ProtonMail.com Web: www.objectnets.net and www.objectnets.org > On Aug 6, 2019, at 04:37, horrido <horrido.hobb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Well, all software applications eventually meet their EOL. IRIS-2 had a good, > long run. > > Note that the same thing applies to JWARS. It was EOL'd in 2010, but it was > operational for over a decade. That's pretty damn good! > > None of this takes away from Smalltalk's efficacy and power. > > > > Mariano Martinez Peck wrote >> Yes. And I think it's even more sad than the containers example doesn't >> work anymore... AFAIK they replaced the system. >> >> On Tue, Aug 6, 2019, 05:06 Tim Mackinnon < > >> tim@ > >> > wrote: >> >>> It’s very entertaining but it seems a bit sad - it’s a shame it refers to >>> JP-Morgan as “used Smalltalk “ as actually they are “still using >>> Smalltalk” >>> (so it’s not in the past) >>> >>> Tim >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> On 5 Aug 2019, at 16:19, Richard Kenneth Eng < > >> horrido.hobbies@ > >> > >>> wrote: >>> >>> A big fan of my work created this rogue video: >>> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1opveHaukFK8WbQ8wg8b14wuKJsjoOZfO/view >>> >>> I appreciate the homage, but I can't take credit for it. >>> >>> It's really quite beautiful, though. I'm using it as part of my >>> evangelism. >>> >>> > > > > > > -- > Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html >
