Re:Reviving Smalltalk-78: The First Modern Smalltalk Lives A...
by coldtea on Saturday October 10, 2015 @11:04AM
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>Smalltalk advocates never fail to entertain.
Are there Java advocates still in 2015?
In any case, you've missed the whole: "Java is better in number of libraries (obviously) and compiler/GC" thing I wrote -- and re-stated it as if it was some kind of counter-argument to my comment.
Also, regarding "Java has HotSpot", you do know that's based on the Strongtalk VM right?
>Smalltalk never succeeded for a good reason.
Yes: companies sold it commercially instead of having it widely available, and SUN spend millions marketing Java.
Are there Java advocates still in 2015?
In any case, you've missed the whole: "Java is better in number of libraries (obviously) and compiler/GC" thing I wrote -- and re-stated it as if it was some kind of counter-argument to my comment.
Also, regarding "Java has HotSpot", you do know that's based on the Strongtalk VM right?
>Smalltalk never succeeded for a good reason.
Yes: companies sold it commercially instead of having it widely available, and SUN spend millions marketing Java.