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Why? Well, smalltalk didn't always have nice OO code management tools. You used to have a good handle on your "changes" and "sources" files. At one point (ea
by jhancock 17y ago
Why? Well, smalltalk didn't always have nice OO code management tools. You used to have a good handle on your "changes" and "sources" files. At one point (early '90s), it was not a problem to take code from a text file you "filed-out" in Digitalk smalltalk and "file-in" the same text in ParcPlace's smalltalk.
In those days, there were only two good ways to "version" your code: 1 - copy the entire image pared with "changes" and "sources" files; 2 - "file-out" some or all of your code to a text file. I did this often. It is fair to say that less professional developers did not do this, but that's no different than today's developers that don't use any form of version control.