Hi, When people are asking me why I work in Smalltalk (especially after Moose presentations), I answer: "It's great to have a competitive advantage that is hidden in plain sight :)"
Cheers, Doru On 5 May 2011, at 10:57, Johan Brichau wrote: > That is a superb response, Toon! > I could not agree more. > > Let me add to that Smalltalk is not dead. It's the stealth weapon of mass > productivity used by small technology startups ;-) > > Johan > > On 05 May 2011, at 09:58, Toon Verwaest wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I can tell you that independent of how the industry might perceive the >> language Smalltalk, learning Smalltalk will make you personally a better >> software engineer. And this is what the industry does want. You will look at >> programming from a new angle and this will give you an edge. >> >> This is also true for learning other old languages like Scheme or Lisp. As >> long as you stay within your Java / .NET bubble you will be one in a >> billion. If you learn Smalltalk, the fact you know something that other >> people might not makes you more special. The only negative part of learning >> Smalltalk while working on other types of applications is that you will eat >> your shoe 95% of the time hating that Java / .NET aren't more evolved and >> flexible :) >> >> As it seems that you are already working on a project revolving around >> Smalltalk, be very happy that you are getting the opportunity to learn it; >> you'll come out for the better. >> >> Lastly, don't care too much about popularity within industry. If you take >> the time to learn the systems for yourself you will probably learn to >> understand the differences yourself. You are currently also part of industry >> and obviously don't know Smalltalk well yet; how informed was your decision >> to not know Smalltalk? You are part of "the industry" making other people >> not choose Smalltalk based on your (non-)choice of not using Smalltalk; if >> they would all think this way! Sheep won't change anything :) >> >> cheers, >> Toon >> >> On 05/05/2011 07:38 AM, sourav roy wrote: >>> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I have just started my career in Software/IT industry and got into a >>> project which involes enhancement/maintainance of product built in >>> Smalltalk. >>> >>> I was never exposed to this language before and have no idea if it is used >>> in the Industry as popularly as JAVA and .NET and looks like its a DEAD >>> >>> language for the industry. I may be wrong but i need some clarification >>> about it. >>> >>> >>> I just want to know that why smalltalk is not so popular as the other OOPs >>> Languages and what is the future prospect of >>> >>> one if he/she is into Smalltalk development. >>> >>> Looking for some positive note so that it may give me some entho for >>> working with Smalltalk. >>> >>> Thanks&Regards, >>> >>> Sourav Roy >>> >>> >>> >>> Get Yourself a cool, short @in.com Email ID now! >> > > -- www.tudorgirba.com "We can create beautiful models in a vacuum. But, to get them effective we have to deal with the inconvenience of reality."
