Posted by Sean M-7 on Jan 05, 2006; 3:22am
URL: https://forum.world.st/Dolphin-X6-PL1-Available-tp3377106p3377115.html

> Within the next few weeks we will be updating the main X6 setup program
> on the website to 6.0.1 to include the patch (we want to be able to
> release DCE at the same time). Until that time, we ask that new users
> perform a Live Update after they run the Fresh Install sequence.

Cooooooool. The release of DCE is going to be a very good thing.

Just before Christmas at our weekly programmers meeting, I gave everyone a
demo of Dolphin (I was doing a Smalltalk demo, even though everyone uses C++
for work..). I was called out after weeks of C++ discussion I was constantly
mentioning Smalltalk, and got called out; "If it's so great, do a demo for
us. So I did.

Everyone thought it was kind of "neat" but didn't really see anything cool.

I put it down to my demo skills, and the fact that I was trying to explain
syntax, structure, idioms, and chuncks of code, and class heirarchies
(Streams, Collections, Exceptions, Magnitudes etc) all in the space of 90
minutes.

Then I opened up the bouncing balls program, dropped a flipper inspector on
it, and started changing values in fields of objects. I added a few new
methods to the view (and Ball class) while it was all running, randomly
changing icons; adding new objects/shapes to the window, all while it was
all running.

It was the 'play with bouncing balls program while it is still running' (And
I surprised myself by how well it actually worked!) which really inspired
and made them all want to try Dolphin out. I'm hoping that if I can get a
few of them interested in CE, they might even contemplate doing a tool or
two in Dolphin, and buy a few copies of professional, but we'll see.

I wanted to show them how the whole environment is written in Smalltalk too,
but I ran out of time. I don't expect anyone to ask for another demo; and I
promised I would shut up about Smalltalk at the weekly meetings too ;)

Bring on the community edition!