> People who are ignorant of Smalltalk simply don't understand how backward contemporary computing its, relative to the way it should be now, 30 - 40 years afte

> People who are ignorant of Smalltalk simply don't understand how backward contemporary computing its, relative to the way it should be now, 30 - 40 years after the first implementations. This is the source of the frustration that must show through my comments. And then, to steal from seanmcdirmid's comment below: > But then the Internet was happening, the world of computing became a lot more heterogeneous, and the idea of a mostly uniform world of computing mostly faded away. I think if there's any chance for the concept that Smalltalk proposed to take hold in the current world, it has to be able to seamlessly interact with existing platforms. At this stage, a fully independant environment does not fulfill that prerequisite.