Why Aren't People Using Smalltalk?

Re:Why Aren't People Using Smalltalk? by kjs3 on Tuesday August 18, 2015 @12:46PM (#10080282)

I've always suspected that at the point Smalltalk needed to shine to get a generation of coders on board, the ridiculous cost of an industrial strength Smalltalk dev environment ran most of them off. Smalltalk never recovered.

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Re:Why Aren't People Using Smalltalk? by horrido on Tuesday August 18, 2015 @02:48PM (#10081293)

Exactly right! Smalltalk never recovered because of its PR problem. Smalltalk has been free (or inexpensive) for over 15 years now.

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