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The deeper version of this is finding out about smalltalk and realizing that you could make a very configurable system that you could edit on the fly. Salesfor
by rtpg 2y ago
The deeper version of this is finding out about smalltalk and realizing that you could make a very configurable system that you could edit on the fly.
Salesforce is basically a smalltalk VM and dominates thanks to that
- dmd 2y agoIn what way is Salesforce a Smalltalk VM? And if it is, why does it dominate "thanks to that"?
- rtpg 2y agoIf you open up salesforce you have all these resource types and pages, but it's all fully customizable. There's a built-in programming language with many affordances to work in a dynamic environment (stuff like handling API changes), and you're basically able to point at a thing and get a breakdown of what it's like. On top of this third party developers can build in stuff that is more or less first class to the system, and it can run on the third party systems but you can get away with using Salesforce's "compute". So you're shipping software for the Salesforce VM, so to speak. I would recommend playing around with the system to see what's going on.
- LorenzoGood 2y agoPlease Explain