Dimitris, this is very interesting; I've always wanted to read that kind of study. Do you have a pointer?
Thanks, Michael Am 29.01.2012 um 08:51 schrieb dimitris chloupis <[email protected]>: > Maybe not for smalltalk but for python there is a number of surveys that > prove that by replacing java with python you can scale down developing time > by 2-3x times. By "prove" I mean projects that have actually done that. Not > quite a 10x but I think its impressive non the less and I think the numbers > wont be very dissimilar for smalltalk > > From: Michael Haupt <[email protected]> > To: "[email protected]" > <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, 28 January 2012, 23:29 > Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] Smalltalk for small projects only? > > Janko, > > Am 28.01.2012 um 21:08 schrieb Janko Mivšek <[email protected]>: > >> I think this is a post that clearly illustrates the big problem with > >> smalltalk. The very fact that is compared with Java and Java survives. > > > > Yes, that 4-5 peole can do what 50 Java people are needed is both a > > blessing and a curse :) > > I wanted to ask this earlier: is there actual evidence for this, or is it > just boasting? > > > Blessing because of productivity, curse because > > we are not able to scale beyond one highly connected development group. > > We don't have project management practices and tools, while Java guys > > have because they need them from the start. > > I'm not so sure the people at those Smalltalk firms building software for > banks et al. have no project management. Boasting? ;-) > > Best, > > Michael > >
