On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 5:40 PM, Stephen Bloch <bl...@adelphi.edu> wrote:
> > On Mar 6, 2013, at 11:54 AM, mikel evins <mev...@me.com> wrote: > > > Rather than answer your questions directly, it seems much easier and > more apropos to address the underlying assumption that images and source > files are somehow mutually exclusive. They're not. Adding the ability to > save and load images does not subtract the ability to work with source > files. I don't know why people seem to think that. > > I don't think anybody has said (or assumed) exactly that. My concern > would be that a workflow involving heavy use of images would TEND towards > creating functionality for which there is no source code. > > In other words, the images don't make it impossible to work with source > files, but they make it possible and tempting to work without source files. > No, they don't. AFAIK, only in Smalltalk and Interlisp environments developers worked without source files. . In the Symbolics, LMI, and Explorer Lisp Machines, developers always used source files. In the company where I worked, we used images everyday and no one ever thought about not using source files. We also had a development environment (KEE) where methods could be edited either using a sort of code browser similar to the one used in Smalltalk or the regular ZEmacs editor and normal source files. Everybody preferred the second approach. Best, Antonio.
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