Re:How learning Smalltalk can make you a better developer
by gnaritas on Monday July 25, 2016 @08:36PM
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> And how am I supposed to learn all of that? ;).
Those who want to learn, do.
> Maybe there's a reason Smalltalk never caught on...
There is, that wasn't it. The reason it didn't catch on was lack of a free version during the period of time it could have taken off. It cost a fortune and was competing with languages that were free to developers, Java took off instead.
Those who want to learn, do.
> Maybe there's a reason Smalltalk never caught on...
There is, that wasn't it. The reason it didn't catch on was lack of a free version during the period of time it could have taken off. It cost a fortune and was competing with languages that were free to developers, Java took off instead.