Re: Newbie Wants Advice on C-Programming

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From: David Oertel
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 07:15

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bank@lea.csc.ncsu.edu (Belgarath the Sorcerer) writes:
    of course, Smalltalk. I wouldn't want to DEVELOP anything
    in Smalltalk, but if I were to start learning OOP, I think
    that would be the best language to learn the concepts in.

Could someone elaborate on why Smalltalk is not a good development language if
this is not too FAQy?  I've been successfully developing products through rapid
iterative prototyping without any up-front design.  I've gotten good results
by throwing prototypes at the customer and letting him free associate to 
determine future direction.  Maybe Smalltalk would support this M.O. better
than C++, because I'm spending a lot of time compiling.  Maybe hardware is
getting fast enough to compensate for interpretation, garbage collection, and
slow method resolution.

thanks in advance,
Dave Oertel
ort@netcom.com
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Subject: Re: Newbie Wants Advice on C-Programming
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