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From: tblanch@lookout (Todd Blanchard)
Subject: Re: A minor complaint (was Re: Multithreading)
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David Farber (dfarber@cc.gatech.edu) wrote:
: In article <ab0bf5642a0210043cb8@[192.55.204.252]>,
: David Buell  <dbuell@QKS.COM> wrote:

: [bunch of stuff about how Smalltalk Agents will do everything including
: chewing your gum for you deleted.]

: Look Dave, I am getting pretty tired of you responding to every little
: criticism of PP/Digitalk/IBM/whoever's Smalltalk implementation and
: saying how Smalltalk Agents did it the proper way when Smalltalk Agents
: currently runs only on the Mac.

: I DON'T HAVE A MAC!

: I have an Intel based computer...

: Dave (who: is really sick and tired of having great program ideas only
:            to be hindered from implementing sed ideas by the laguage
:            and operating system being used; and has been _hated_ the
:            global Smalltalk namespace since (quite literally) DAY ONE;
:            hates using and programming Windows and would be SOOOOOO
:            happy if Smalltalk Agents could be run under Linux/X, but
:            stoop to keeping windows on his DOS machine if he could
:            just get his hands on a programming language/environment
:            FACILITATED programming.....) Farber

Well, there's your problem.  You really want a Mac.  So quit whining
about how poor your environment and tools are and get one that lets you
get some work done.

Geez.

Todd Blanchard

Oh yeah,
Smalltalk Agents really is as cool as Dave says it is.
Heh.
