> 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

> 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.