I'm not sure the image paradigm would be much of a problem today. Virtualization is common today, Docker is very trendy, and many such tools rely on the concep

I'm not sure the image paradigm would be much of a problem today. Virtualization is common today, Docker is very trendy, and many such tools rely on the concept of images. Smalltalk images are similar to VM snapshots, and not very different to Docker images. I think the Image was one of Smalltalk's best ideas. I used Parkplace, VisualAge and Cincom professionally, and I think the real problem has always been the cost: Smalltalk tools were expensive, Java tools were free.