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From: jordan@cruzio.com (Jordan Bortz)
Subject: Re: Goodbye ParcPlace
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>Goodbye VisualWorks, Goodbye VisualSmalltalk, HELLO JIGSAW!
>Long live Smalltalk, it will never die, if you think it's being replaced
>you've been sucked into temporary marketing hoopla.  How the heck can
>Smalltalk get replaced by languages that don't even have BLOCKS! ??? !!!

Easily -- when that language implements blocks!
When Java has blocks and native widgets (probably less than a year
from now) what will people be doing with Smalltalk?
	Jordan

PS The Smalltalk market already seems to be at deaths door to me --
I've seen a huge drop off in apparent activity, postings, contracts,
purchases, etc...  Anyone else seeing this or is it just me?




