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>wondering whether being "born" into this "alternate universe" could have some kind "crippling" effect on the ability to live in a "normal" universe (say, as a
by i_feel_great 10y ago
>wondering whether being "born" into this "alternate universe" could have some kind "crippling" effect on the ability to live in a "normal" universe (say, as a professional programmer, etc).
Not at all. Smalltalk was the first language I really mastered and my first true love in programming languages, and I work in it professionally (plus COBOL - yuck!). Most of my personal projects are in Pharo or Dolphin, with bits of Lua, Erlang, FreePascal and Scheme.