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by tuberculosis
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8/4/03 4:16:47 PM
8/21/07 6:34:16 AM
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Smalltalk is dangerous. It is a drug. My advice to you would be don't try it; it could ruin your life. Once you take the time to learn it (to REALLY learn it) you will see that there is nothing out there (yet) to touch it. Of course, like all drugs, how dangerous it is depends on your character. It may be that once you've got to this stage you'll find it difficult (if not impossible) to "go back" to other languages and, if you are forced to, you might become an embittered character constantly muttering ascerbic comments under your breath. Who knows, you may even have to quit the software industry altogether because nothing else lives up to your new expectations.
--AndyBower
Collapse Edited by tuberculosis Aug. 21, 2007, 06:34:16 AM EDT
Link's broken


Smalltalk is dangerous. It is a drug. My advice to you would be don't try it; it could ruin your life. Once you take the time to learn it (to REALLY learn it) you will see that there is nothing out there (yet) to touch it. Of course, like all drugs, how dangerous it is depends on your character. It may be that once you've got to this stage you'll find it difficult (if not impossible) to "go back" to other languages and, if you are forced to, you might become an embittered character constantly muttering ascerbic comments under your breath. Who knows, you may even have to quit the software industry altogether because nothing else lives up to your new expectations.
--AndyBower
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     Buggy .NET components... - (admin) - (37) - July 30, 2003, 09:42:30 PM EDT
         I see a pattern.... - (slugbug) - (33) - July 30, 2003, 11:36:45 PM EDT
             Re: I see a pattern.... - (deSitter) - (32) - July 31, 2003, 02:24:28 AM EDT
                 Unfortunately.... - (slugbug) - (31) - July 31, 2003, 10:28:34 AM EDT
                     Integration testing... - (admin) - (30) - July 31, 2003, 11:19:12 AM EDT
                         Anybody given Mono a swing? - (tuberculosis) - (8) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:25:12 AM EDT
                             Hasn't caught up to Microsoft C# yet - (orion) - (1) - July 31, 2003, 06:22:56 PM EDT
                                 It won't matter much - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:25:27 AM EDT
                             Haven't had it since I was a teenager. -NT - (Steve Lowe) - (1) - July 31, 2003, 06:23:50 PM EDT
                                 I thought that was one of those "have it for life" things. -NT - (admin) - July 31, 2003, 06:44:41 PM EDT
                             The problem being, of course... - (admin) - (2) - July 31, 2003, 06:45:41 PM EDT
                                 So where does it fit - (tuberculosis) - (1) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:29:07 AM EDT
                                     Front-end HTML generation - (admin) - Aug. 1, 2003, 10:13:29 PM EDT
                             Why **** with Mono and .NET when I've got: - (FuManChu) - Aug. 1, 2003, 02:57:33 AM EDT
                         Re: Integration testing... - (deSitter) - Aug. 2, 2003, 02:01:01 AM EDT
                         On stability, scalability, and IT today.... - (slugbug) - (19) - Aug. 3, 2003, 02:27:35 PM EDT
                             IT today - (orion) - Aug. 3, 2003, 02:59:54 PM EDT
                             Blame it on the boom - (tuberculosis) - (16) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:30:35 AM EDT
                                 What can you do? Build wooden boats for a living? - (orion) - Aug. 3, 2003, 06:27:48 PM EDT
                                 Not just the code.. recall Tufte's brilliant deconstruction - (Ashton) - (8) - Aug. 3, 2003, 06:33:36 PM EDT
                                     Formula is for babies. - (FuManChu) - (7) - Aug. 3, 2003, 07:49:58 PM EDT
                                         Thou sayest (only better) - (Ashton) - Aug. 4, 2003, 06:46:08 AM EDT
                                         Have you used MS Project? - (drewk) - (4) - Aug. 4, 2003, 10:05:32 AM EDT
                                             Yes and it is a joke - (tuberculosis) - (3) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:31:15 AM EDT
                                                 I only want it for one thing - (drewk) - (1) - Aug. 4, 2003, 10:48:40 AM EDT
                                                     Link's broken -NT - (tuberculosis) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:34:16 AM EDT
                                                 The Planning Game - (JimWeirich) - Aug. 4, 2003, 07:41:34 PM EDT
                                         Excellent point -NT - (deSitter) - Aug. 4, 2003, 10:49:11 AM EDT
                                 It is all too easy... - (slugbug) - (5) - Aug. 4, 2003, 03:12:48 PM EDT
                                     Re: It is all too easy... - (deSitter) - Aug. 4, 2003, 03:18:39 PM EDT
                                     Oh well on that front - (tuberculosis) - (2) - Aug. 21, 2007, 06:34:03 AM EDT
                                         Astounding - (deSitter) - Aug. 4, 2003, 04:06:28 PM EDT
                                         Try Telcordia in Lisle Illinois - (boxley) - Aug. 4, 2003, 05:43:40 PM EDT
                                     How things have changed over the years - (orion) - Aug. 4, 2003, 05:08:47 PM EDT
                             Java's not much better - (bluke) - Aug. 4, 2003, 07:42:10 AM EDT
         Not ready for prime time, .NET - (orion) - (2) - July 31, 2003, 12:11:26 AM EDT
             .Net - (mmoffitt) - (1) - July 31, 2003, 09:27:21 AM EDT
                 800 pound gorilla - (orion) - July 31, 2003, 12:56:27 PM EDT

It’s merely anecdotal, but someone who can severely misconstrue the meaning of “Green Eggs and Ham” has no business being considered smart.
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