Posted by Stefan Schmiedl on Nov 20, 2005; 7:08pm
URL: https://forum.world.st/Re-New-to-Smalltalk-which-implementation-tp3376327p3376337.html

On Sun, 20 Nov 2005 13:03:44 +0000, Chris Uppal wrote:

>> If I knew what "Drifting off a little" meant, I could deduce what
>> "classic elegance" in Smalltalk means.
>
> The rider about "drifting off a little" was because, although I'm still
> pretty-much of the same opinion, it's my impression that  OA's standards
> have changed a little in recent years (please notice that I do /not/ use
> the word "slipped" -- that would be something else entirely).  I don't
> think that the newer code is as good for learning from (in either of the
> above senses) as used to be the case.

While working on my current project, I found some methods which were
easy to understand and also some methods, which gave me a hard time,
mainly because I was/am lacking the concepts behind it. Most often
they were in classes without class comment.

So maybe "recent" classes just require more background knowledge than
we (as non-designers) usually have. But, hey, getting to know your
work-mates is part of the fun, isn't it?

>
> I hope that doesn't come across as too critical -- especially just now
> when Andy and Blair are presumably working hard, trying to get D6
> shipping, and may be just a little sensitive...

Sorry for my bad timing ...

Heh ... imagine the next announcement from Andy reading like:
"Due to Chris and Stefan's nitpicking, we have decided to skip the
release of D6 and rewrite D7 from scratch."

I wonder which one of us would be the first to be reached by the
lynch mob :-D

s.