Any language that has a significant user base, ie, a large number of applications, will experience resistance to change. The only way to avoid this is for people NOT to use the language.
The fear of popularization will condemn a language to permanent niche status. That's fine, if that's what the user community wants. The language will forever be a "hobbyist" tool. Sean P. DeNigris wrote > > hernanmd wrote >> I am not that convinced Smalltalk should be popular > For me, the goal is "critical mass" - big enough where issues and new > projects move forward with ease. And this is probably just a few hundred > percent. Mass popularity brings in people disconnected from the vision. > Smalltalk for me is prototype Dynabook software. If it was just "a better > programming environment", I'd still use it, but I doubt there would still > be a passionate dream for the future of humanity attached to it... -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/Mea-Culpa-tp4800840p4801047.html Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
