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From: vlad@world2u.com (Vlastimil Adamovsky)
Subject: Re: Turkey days
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Date: Tue, 3 Dec 1996 03:12:59 GMT

Markus Stumptner <mst@dbai.tuwien.ac.at> wrote:

>Vlastimil Adamovsky wrote:
>> 
>> While eating turkey and keying in some very advanced program into my stupid
>> computer I realized one thing. It is not language that is the most important in
>> software development nowadays.
>> It is an environment. Delphi, Optima++ and others to name only few....
>> 
>> Smalltalk is a great language. One of the best. Its development environment is
>> one of the worst.

>Why?  I could definitely name a few things that are missing, but such a
>blanket
>statement sounds more like turkey-induced indigestion than a well
>thought 
>out claim of technical inferiority.  It's so general as to be
>meaningless.

Please, read my reply to Alan Lovejoy

>What dialect are you using, for starters?  

Are there different dialects for starters and advanced programmers? 
It would indicate a problem.

>> When it will liken the modern environments, then I will make big bucks on
>> Smalltalk companies shares. How long will I need to wait?

>How could anyone know?  You haven't said what you want yet.

Please, read my reply to Alan Lovejoy

>One of the important points in consulting is getting the 
>requirements right.  At the moment, you have merely provided
>some vague generalities.  Perhaps you shoud swallow the turkey
>first.

Thank you for a valuable advice.


 Vlastimil Adamovsky
 ** C++ and Smalltalk consultant **
 * http://www.stepweb.com *

