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I tried mailing this, but I got back an error from my mailer:

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Sorry for wasted bandwidth on what is essentially a personal response. I  
hope the information is of general relevance anyway.
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In comp.sys.next.programmer article <1992Sep4.014007.7808@dvorak.amd.com>  
rpomeroy@aunext3.cam.amd.com wrote:
> But, now you've got more work than you started with - just to test
> (test being the keyword here) your interface.  Palettes are compiled
> (yes/no?).  What would really be cool is to have a runtime as powerful 
> as SmallTalk's.  Just imagine - highlight a little Obj-C and "accept" 
> and presto! -  A NeXTstep window magically appears in your screen...

Yes, Palettes are compiled, but the temperature conversion algorithm is  
NOT one of the View object's methods. If you made a FahrenheitTextField  
with a "convertFromCelcius:sender" method, then the compiled Palette  
object could do what you want. We've slowly arrived at the conclusion that  
the more intelligence you build into the base objects, and the less you  
depend on application "glue", the better off you are.

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