On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 07:57:53PM -0500, waufrepi III wrote: > Hi, > I was talking to one of my Professors about Squeak the other day and I got > an mail asking: > > "I had lunch with several of the other CS faculty yesterday and I brought up > your enthusiasm for smalltalk, which I've never used. Some of the faculty > panned it because they claimed the I/O features were either poor or > nonexistent. [Java will never be displaced as the first language at > ............] What is your impression of the I/O abilities of smalltalk? > There is much discussion about the need to learn a language with OOP > features before Java. > > I'm still a novice and I actually haven't been able to play with squeak much > lately do to other classwork..so rather than blow an opportunity for squeak > I thought I'd ask here and see what the pros say. > wfpi
If you want to get a job, study Java. If you want an education, study Squeak. Long term, you will be happier, wealthier and wiser if you get a good education. Dave _______________________________________________ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners
