On 09.11.2012, at 11:13, Igor Stasenko <[email protected]> wrote: > On 8 November 2012 17:13, Sven Van Caekenberghe <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 08 Nov 2012, at 20:29, Stéphane Ducasse <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I told you several time, do you think that a guy do not understand what is >>> a pointer because he does not know how to write it >>> in C? >>> Give a chance to professionals to learn. We are not talking about >>> explaining what is a pointer, but explaining the >>> potential problems and challenges >>> >>> With your reasoning, I should stop programming because there are so many >>> things that I did not learn in school >>> and I would not have no chance to learn from this community. So with that >>> reasoning I should better stop working in Smalltalk >>> and look for another language! >> >> I think he meant it as a general warning ;-) >> >> The things is, as long as its pure Smalltalk, you are protected by a very >> good dynamic type system that cannot really be broken, i.e. the object >> illusion is kept (bounds checking, blah blah …) >> >> But once you start using C pointers, you can very easily do something wrong. >> It might be a very subtle error and it might not manifest itself >> immediately, alas there won't be a Debugger popping up, just a coredump. >> >> Pharo is actually pretty/very stable in day to day use, it should stay that >> way. >> > > yes, that what i meant. and without some practice in C, you are really > lacking understanding that > pointers is actually a mine field: one day you can walk safely, > another day be blown up at first step. > > and referencing "for dummies" was a popular books series like "windows > for dummies" , etc, > but not in a sense to show arrogance and disrespect to Max. Sorry Max, > if that offended you.
Thanks Igor, apology accepted. > > So, what i meant to say, there is certainty will be no such book like > "NativeBoost for dummies". > You cannot enter this field without having certain background or preparation. Agreed. I think we can close this topic now :) Cheers, Max > > > >> Sven >> >> -- >> Sven Van Caekenberghe >> http://stfx.eu >> Smalltalk is the Red Pill >> >> >> >> > > > > -- > Best regards, > Igor Stasenko. >
