Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Mon 25th Sep 2006 05:29 UTC
You've decided to expand your horizons. You've been programming exclusively in Java (or C++, or Perl, or Ruby) for a while now. You're happy and productive, but you have this nagging feeling that you're solving problems by rote rather than thinking as creatively as you once did. Learning a new language, especially one that forces you to re-examine some of your notions about software development, may be just the ticket.
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2005-07-11
Nice to see a Smalltalk article here.
I cut my OO teeth on Smalltalk (Digitalk Smalltalk for OS/2 to be precise, followed by Visual Smalltalk 3 and then Cincom Smalltalk. I've also dabbled in VisualAge Smalltalk).
I have never since found a language as simple to learn, as elegant, or as powerful from an application developer's point of view. At the bank/financial institutions where I worked we were literally knocking out applications in days where it used to take weeks. Weeks where it used to take months.
I've been following the propress of Ambrai Smalltalk on OSX, and hope to see that released soon. Then I will be a very happy bunny indeed, especially as they plan to fully integrate it with Cocoa.