Of course not. But one of my goals is that future dynabooks will be backwards compatible. Recent discussions have shown me that this goal is a research project.
--Trygve
On 09.05.2018 12:19, Marcus Denker wrote:


I go back to Alan Kay's vision of a Dynabook: A/personal/computer for children of all ages. It should contain all its owner's /personal/data, including  his or her/personal/programs, as they evolve through the years.  Continuity is a must; the owner shall never loose data.



Do you really expect that the dynabook will be 100% backward compatible to Smalltalk-80?

Marcus

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