On Fri, Jan 10, 2020 at 1:52 PM horrido <horrido.hobb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Offray Vladimir Luna Cárdenas-2 wrote > > But I have not > > being able to convince any of my coder friends to switch to Pharo > > instead of C++, Java or Javacript, which by the way, is the language > > they already know and use to put bread on the table on a daily basis. > > > > So I think that we deal with a paradox: while Smalltalk advocacy is > > better suited for a Blue Ocean Strategy[2], exploring and implementing > > new/emerging scenarios and markets, money is already mostly invested in > > Red Oceans of constituted technologies and practices ecosystems. > > Bridging both is pretty difficult. > > Yes, that is the principal obstacle and challenge. When I'm pushing > Smalltalk, I mention the language's simplicity and conciseness, I > mention the purity of the object-oriented model, I mention the > built-in IDE, and so on. But the key advantage that I emphasize > is *programmer productivity*. > > I realize it's hard to argue with the availability of jobs for Java, > Python, > JavaScript, etc. It's hard to argue with their rich ecosystems. It's > hard to argue with the status quo of established code bases and > IT infrastructures. But we have to make them believe that > Smalltalk can cut their development time in half, if not better. > > What is it worth to a company to cut their development time in half? > It means much lower development cost. It means much shorter > "time to market." > It also means much lower error rates. Capers Jones also review errors / lines of code and Smalltalk was substantially better than the C derivative languages. I don't recall the ration, but I think the Namcook report does include it. Fewer errors means a higher ratio of time spent delivering functionality and a better customer experience. (We can't do anything about bad design and UX practices, of course and unfortunately. Although, I suspect without evidence that Smalltalkers may do a better job of both.) > Is this not worth investing time and energy in Smalltalk? Even if the > job opportunities aren't there. Even if it means overhauling your > IT infrastructure. > > The investment can lead to more users and more jobs. If they don't > believe it, then we have failed. > > > > -- > Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html > >
