Re: [Newbies] [semi-OT] (fwd) Re: What Killed Smalltalk?

2009-11-18 Thread Bert Freudenberg
On 18.11.2009, at 13:41, Steve Wessels wrote: > > That's right. Smalltalk hasn't died. I am fortunate enough to be part of a > team developing financial software for many years using Smalltalk. > > People have predicted Smalltalk's death about as often as Apple's death. > > I think comparison

Re: [Newbies] [semi-OT] (fwd) Re: What Killed Smalltalk?

2009-11-18 Thread Steve Wessels
That's right. Smalltalk hasn't died. I am fortunate enough to be part of a team developing financial software for many years using Smalltalk. People have predicted Smalltalk's death about as often as Apple's death. I think comparisons between Smalltalk and Java have to take marketing into acc