Comments on: A journey ‘Back to Smalltalk’ http://mikewitters.com/2007/a-journey-back-to-smalltalk/ My $0.02 on stuff. Sat, 24 Oct 2009 10:39:20 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Mike Witters http://mikewitters.com/2007/a-journey-back-to-smalltalk/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Mike Witters Mon, 18 Jun 2007 00:36:55 +0000 http://192.168.1.4/?p=28#comment-13 I absolutely agree. The pure object oriented nature of Smalltalk is, at minimum, what should be illustrated in every OO class. Smalltalk is a beautiful language. Unfortunately it just didn't do what was necessary to stay mainstream. Seaside might help, but its no leap from what I've seen. I absolutely agree. The pure object oriented nature of Smalltalk is, at minimum, what should be illustrated in every OO class. Smalltalk is a beautiful language. Unfortunately it just didn’t do what was necessary to stay mainstream. Seaside might help, but its no leap from what I’ve seen.

]]> By: klhenry97 http://mikewitters.com/2007/a-journey-back-to-smalltalk/comment-page-1/#comment-12 klhenry97 Mon, 04 Jun 2007 01:57:35 +0000 http://192.168.1.4/?p=28#comment-12 Smalltalk rules. Yeah, I know, lousy comment. But for the time in my life that I first encountered it, it was the perfect language. I fought to escape COBOL, and when I sat down to do my "hello world" in Smalltalk, I instantly got it. I didn't know what object-oriented programming was. I just learned Smalltalk, and object-oriented was an afterthought. Java was a disappointment, but I had to go there. I found that Smalltalk is the perfect foundation. It should be used in Programming 101 in every programmer mill in Mumbai, Bangalore, and Hyderabad. That and the GoF book. Smalltalk rules.

Yeah, I know, lousy comment. But for the time in my life that I first encountered it, it was the perfect language. I fought to escape COBOL, and when I sat down to do my “hello world” in Smalltalk, I instantly got it. I didn’t know what object-oriented programming was. I just learned Smalltalk, and object-oriented was an afterthought. Java was a disappointment, but I had to go there. I found that Smalltalk is the perfect foundation. It should be used in Programming 101 in every programmer mill in Mumbai, Bangalore, and Hyderabad. That and the GoF book.

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