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I'd include both approaches. The thing is that the "scripting" approach, is just so much easier to distribute. Just look at how popular python got. Smalltalk d

I'd include both approaches. The thing is that the "scripting" approach, is just so much easier to distribute. Just look at how popular python got. Smalltalk didn't understand that. The syntax is worse than python IMO (and also ruby of course).

rbanffy 11mo ago
Once I asked James Gosling what Java did right that Smalltalk did wrong. He simply answered “Smalltalk never played well with others”. Imposing a very different metaphor from the ground up limited adoption and integration with other tools and environments.
- igouy 11mo ago
  Let's remember: Java was free-as-in-beer.
  - rbanffy 11mo ago
    Java and Squeak are contemporaries. Squeak was released shortly after Java.
    - igouy 11mo ago
      https://simberon.blogspot.com/2012/04/smalltalk-history-draft-2.html https://simberon.blogspot.com/2012/04/smalltalk-history-draf... Please spell-out your point, so we can avoid talking past each other.
    - igouy 11mo ago
      Let's remember: Dancin' Duke Java Applets distributed with Netscape's web browser. "Sun is giving away Java and HotJava free, in a fast-track attempt to make it a standard before Micro-soft begins shipping a similar product" https://archive.gyford.com/1997/wired-uk/1.08/features/java.html https://archive.gyford.com/1997/wired-uk/1.08/features/java....