Smalltalk and my misinterpretations of lifeSmalltalk and my misinterpretations of lifeExtension Angst- May 30, 2008 I noticed today that Travis was suffering from Extension Angst, now, he didn't say he was suffering from extension angst - that's just how I read it. What is Extension Angst anyway Extension Angst occurs when you decide to extend a base class in your package but it feels inappropriate because you're making an arbitrary judgement on the way you believe that base class should behave or act. In Travis's case, he wanted new conditionals for collections. I like his extensions but I also have a...http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/userblogs/mls/blogView?showComments=true&printTitle=Ext... Shared Development Environment- May 27, 2008 Multiuser systems are very very interesting - and shared programming environments are also very interesting. There aren't many of them around. One in particular that gets, deservedly, a lot of air time is SubEthaEdit for the Mac. As one user types the other users editing the same document can see their edits. Very cool, very very cool. Well, WebVelocity is a web platform and as such, it runs as a server that you connect to with your web browser. Say you're having trouble with your program and..http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/userblogs/mls/blogView?showComments=true&printTitle=Sha... All this has happened before and will happen again- May 26, 2008 Battlestar Galactica is, in theory, going to finish soon.. so I'd like to take another stab at predicting its outcome. The cylons are quite sure of themselves.. until recently, now they're doubting their own programming - and with good reason. They're being used, like machines, to manipulate the twelve colonies - to win a war that was started centuries ago. It all started, at least in any coherent sense, back on Cobalt. There we know that the thirteen colonies flew off after some cataclysmic...http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/userblogs/mls/blogView?showComments=true&printTitle=All... |