I prefer car rent. My brain quickly adapts to touch cars, mouse cars, kinect cars, siri cars. Am 10.01.2012 14:39 schrieb "Igor Stasenko" <siguc...@gmail.com>:
> On 10 January 2012 14:25, Guido Stepken <gstep...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > While deciders still reflect upon what programming language and > framework to > > use, thinking about Java, .NET ... , Google and Apple have set new > standards > > by pushing LLVM, V8, Webkit, node.js with a tremendous amount of money to > > perfection. > > > > Look at this example: > > > > http://monocle.inventivelabs.com.au/books/dubliners > > > > An epub reader object, good example for "ambient oriended programming". > The > > reader behaves like an native app, independent on architecture, processor > > and os, touch, nontouch. Simply runs in every browser. And browser has > > javascript language bindings to all hardware, GPS, barometer, wifi, GSM, > > touch interface, mouse, cam .... if available. > > > > Porting PHARO onto Amber makes sense for me. Nothing else. COGVM, browser > > plugin, touch interface, portability discussion finished! IMHO the only > > chance for Smalltalk to come to new life. > > > when you want to get fast somewhere you can always rent a car if you > don't have one. > but it will be very hard to convince car-rent provider to give you a > specific car, which > suits most for your needs. Because for rented cars you usually pretty > limited in choice of features available. > That's the main reason between having own VM and being able to > directly control its features, > and just running on rent car. > > > regards, Guido Stepken > > > > Am 10.01.2012 09:29 schrieb "Friedrich Dominicus" > > <fr...@q-software-solutions.de>: > > > >> Dennis Schetinin <chae...@gmail.com> writes: > >> > >> > Yes, we do: the (outer) world is getting worse and worse :) > >> No not really. See there is Objective-C in fifth place. That is not too > >> bad. JavaScript is up also and that is very much a Smalltalk in > >> disguise. I'd just would appreciate if Smalltalk was at least among the > >> first 10. At least that would be deserved. Anyway if you see Smalltalk > >> as "idea" supplier for Object-oriented languages, one can see that OO > >> really rules. Down to Transact-SQL all the languages offer more or less > >> support for OO-programming. Some even claim to be object-oriented ;-) > >> > >> There is not one language among the first 15 which does not offer > >> anything about OO. See even Visual Basic uses it. > >> > >> Well it's not that this may all too much, but it's still obvious. OO is > >> currently the "way to go". > >> > >> I for my part would appreciate some more support for functional > >> languages. But to some extend all of them at least support it > >> partially. What is astonishing is the rank of R. That I think can be > >> seen as "unexpected". > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Q-Software Solutions GmbH; Sitz: Bruchsal; Registergericht: Mannheim > >> Registriernummer: HRB232138; Geschaeftsfuehrer: Friedrich Dominicus > >> > > > > > > -- > Best regards, > Igor Stasenko. > >
