The Ruby <developer> sees a text editor - the one he picked. The Smalltalk developer sees the Smalltalk browser (etc). My point is that the UI is the first thing the new Smalltalker sees, and it creates an impression. On Oct 29, 2010, at 6:19 AM, Serge Stinckwich wrote:
On Fri, Oct 29, 2010 at 5:14 PM, James Robertson <jarober@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm not sure that's the case. I used that line a lot when I was the Smalltalk Evangelist at Cincom, and it's true - up to a point. However, the prospective developer who looks at the tools from a personal use standpoint cares. So
-- the not quite "standard" widgets in VisualWorks make him think -- the "all in one windows" thing in Pharo and Squeak make him think
But comparing to Ruby, there is no standard UI in Ruby and this not really annoying for the people, because they deploy their application on the web.
Regards,
-- Serge Stinckwich UMI UMMISCO 209 (IRD/UPMC), Hanoi, Vietnam Every DSL ends up being Smalltalk http://doesnotunderstand.org/
James Robertson http://www.jarober.com jarober@gmail.com