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While Smalltalk is awesome, do keep in mind that in 1980 it only ran on very expensive machines, and the software license was also expensive. This was still tru
by ansible 13y ago
While Smalltalk is awesome, do keep in mind that in 1980 it only ran on very expensive machines, and the software license was also expensive. This was still true 10 years later.
I've been thinking about a programming system that stores all the code in a database instead. Versioning would be easier that way too.
- icebraining 13y agoVersion control is a database for storing code.
- Argorak 13y agoThese kinds of systems already exist for a long time in widespread use: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABAP#ABAP_runtime_environment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABAP#ABAP_runtime_environment It is far less enjoyable than it sounds, especially as no standard tools can manage that code.