Niall Ross-2 wrote:
... b) point at Smalltalk's maturity
I am not sure if "Smalltalk's maturity" is the right choice of words ... simply because those people who do happen to know about Smalltalk already tend to imagine Smalltalkers to be old bearded men hanging on to their outdated language :) Niall Ross-2 wrote:
c) point at another value of Smalltalk - exceptionally easy to learn, easy to read. It was designed to be so from the start, and it is so.
I have to agree that the language and its syntax are easy and fast to learn ... but the typical Smalltalk IDE is probably not intuitive or inviting enough. Following Simon's theory again, those who are intrigued by the "why" and decide to explore the "how" by having a look at Smalltalk should have an instant wow-factor feeling ... unfortunately this wow-factor is hidden away further down in the "what" -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/Spreading-Smalltalk-tp3435227p3436449.html Sent from the ESUG mailing list archive at Nabble.com.