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. regards, Guido Stepken Am 10.01.2012 09:29 schrieb "Friedrich Dominicus" < [email protected]>: > Dennis Schetinin <[email protected]> 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 > >
