On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 3:48 PM, jtuc...@objektfabrik.de <jtuc...@objektfabrik.de> wrote: > Sven, > > you are, of course, right! > I should have checked in Pharo first. But since my version is old anyways, I > would have to try with at least two versions in order to make sure if the > bug is fixed or not. As long as keeping ports current is a lot of work due > to (increasing) differences between Pharo and most other dialects, this is > hard work ;-) I should invest in it anyways, however, since I am using your > code from Pharo and you didn't ask me to use it...
This reminds me of Joel Spolsky's article on "barriers to entry." He makes an interesting point with his "PayMyBills" example that a hidden barrier to entry is not how hard it is to switch in, but how hard it is to switch out [or port]. cheers -ben
