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From: "Juan Aristy" <idovb@ga.unc.edu>
Subject: Re: ST on Web questions
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Dogmat <dogmat@aol.com> wrote in article
<19970128000700.TAA27162@ladder01.news.aol.com>...
> Does the New Dolphin Smalltalk plugin work on other platforms? What
> technical principles did they use? How does the tool stackup against
> Classic Blend?
> 
> Thanks to Norman Bunn <bunn@arscorp.com> who sent me the Classic Blend
> white paper <info@arscorp.com> <http://www.arscorp.com>. Very, very
> impressive. It sounds too good to be true. I just write to a normal
> windowSpec and the Web Java app comes out the other end? Somebody pinch
> me.

"It sounds too good to be true", well dogmat, maybe that's because it
probably is.  Last Tuesday ( 1/28 ), I went to the Triangle Area Smalltalk
Users Group meeting, where ARS was showcasing Classic Blend, formerly known
as Route 1.  To tell you the truth, they have a great idea, but they are
definitely not there yet.  Don't get me wrong, IN TIME, Classic Blend could
be a wonderful tool to have, it's just that a few of us left that meeting
with more questions than when we came in.  Many of the questions from the
audience were answered with "uh... we're still working on that".

Again, IMHO, ARS probably has a winner in CB, it's just that it's a bit
early to start singing its praises.  I certainly think that they have VERY
talented people working for them, so it's just a matter of time before they
work out all the details.

Juan


