Re: [Newbies] I don't get it

2011-06-27 Thread Trygve Reenskaug
Bert, Thank you for bringing this message to my attention. I am on the squeak-...@lists.squeakfoundation.org, but only read a few of its messages since so few are about object orientation as Alan defined the term. May be people have difficulties with class based languages because they are not

Re: [Newbies] I don't get it

2011-06-27 Thread Casey Ransberger
Comments inline. On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 3:05 AM, David Corking li...@dcorking.com wrote: Erlis wrote: Now I think I start understanding Jim statement, basically the statement is: Smalltalk (the language) adopted the classical way of OO instead the prototype way, so I don't have all

Re: [Newbies] I don't get it

2011-06-25 Thread bb
Am 21.06.2011 15:46, schrieb Erlis Vidal: Hi guys, I was reading recently Jim Coplien ideas about DCI and I was surprised with the following statement: /The Smalltalk people, when they put together Smalltalk originally the computational model was exactly right, in terms of thinking in

Re: [Newbies] I don't get it

2011-06-25 Thread Erlis Vidal
Hi Blochl, Thanks for the references, I'll take a look immediately. After my last email I found the DCI mailing list and Jim and Trygve are active member, I haven't asked yet the question about what was wrong with smalltalk implementation but I'll do that and share the answer with you guys.

Re: [Newbies] I don't get it

2011-06-25 Thread Jerome Peace
and not the class of the object. Hth. Yours in curiosity and service, --Jerome Peace --- On Sat, 6/25/11, bb bblo...@arcor.de wrote: From: bb bblo...@arcor.de Subject: Re: [Newbies] I don't get it To: A friendly place to get answers to even the most basic questions about Squeak. beginners

Re: [Newbies] I don't get it

2011-06-22 Thread David Corking
Erlis wrote: Now I think I start understanding Jim statement, basically the statement is: Smalltalk (the language) adopted the classical way of OO instead the prototype way, so I don't have all the plasticity I was expecting... Do the smalltalkers feel this way? Perhaps. But Squeakers have

Re: [Newbies] I don't get it

2011-06-22 Thread Bert Freudenberg
On 22.06.2011, at 12:05, David Corking wrote: Erlis wrote: Now I think I start understanding Jim statement, basically the statement is: Smalltalk (the language) adopted the classical way of OO instead the prototype way, so I don't have all the plasticity I was expecting... Do the

Re: [Newbies] I don't get it

2011-06-22 Thread Erlis Vidal
Hi all, First of all, thanks for the comments. @Bert: While reading the artima article I had the idea that DCI could easily be implemented in smalltalk, but then it surprises me when Jim was disappointed with smalltalk implementation. All my curiosity move towards understanding what's the

RE: [Newbies] I don't get it

2011-06-21 Thread Ron Teitelbaum
Hi Erlis, Class based language is very difficult for some people to grasp. I've trained a number of programmers. There is this AH moment when people get it. Before that the idea is just so foreign to them that they have a difficult time grasping what is going on. I would often get the

Re: [Newbies] I don't get it

2011-06-21 Thread Bert Freudenberg
Maybe Trygve will explain? Not sure if he's reading the newbies list though. CC'ing. - Bert - On 21.06.2011, at 16:27, Ron Teitelbaum wrote: Hi Erlis, Class based language is very difficult for some people to grasp. I’ve trained a number of programmers. There is this AH moment when

Re: [Newbies] I don't get it

2011-06-21 Thread Erlis Vidal
Hi guys, thanks for all responses, I hope to find more insight about this. here is the interview in which Jim make the statement http://www.infoq.com/interviews/coplien-dci-architecture Minute 8:08 Erlis On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 11:13 AM, Bert Freudenberg b...@freudenbergs.dewrote: Maybe

Re: [Newbies] I don't get it

2011-06-21 Thread Redtexture - Mark Jones
bblochl at arcor.de wrote: you can find it here: http://blog.redtexture.net/2010/06/01/coplien-on-dci-mvc/ You find the answer on the page the link to you cited above: ... It is interesting that (as a consequence of web browsers) the most used language on the planet, JavaScript,

Re: [Newbies] I don't get it

2011-06-21 Thread Erlis Vidal
Hi Blochl, Thanks for your answer. I did know about Javascript computational model, but you are right, Javascript is a beautiful language and not everyone reach to fully understand it. Maybe because it's mainly used as supported language for the UI. But many interesting things are happening with

Aw: Re: [Newbies] I don't get it

2011-06-21 Thread bblochl
- Original Nachricht Von: Erlis Vidal er...@erlisvidal.com An: A friendly place to get answers to even the most basic questions about Squeak. beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org Datum: 21.06.2011 20:37 Betreff: Re: [Newbies] I don't get it Hi Blochl

Re: [Newbies] I don't get it

2011-06-21 Thread Bert Freudenberg
On 21.06.2011, at 21:51, bblo...@arcor.de wrote: I know the Lively Kernel and did some tests. I have some problems with the old fashioned handling, that reminds me to the bloated squeak GUI. Pharo has a refreshing new UI aproach, closer to the nowaday commons. Could you give an example what