tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135517.post111176730528187833..comments2023-11-05T03:54:44.710-08:00Comments on Making it stick.: Alan Kay (again) on Software EngineeringPatrick Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02088461489050417591noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135517.post-1118398352859725972005-06-10T03:12:00.000-07:002005-06-10T03:12:00.000-07:00The "plays well" with other programs / components ...The "plays well" with other programs / components / OS features is a bit orthagonal to this, no?<BR/><BR/>C, should be considered a "style" lanaguage. Rather than an "agglutination" language. And it plays well with the outside world. <BR/><BR/>Smalltalk and Lisp suffer from having been early exponents of managed code at a time when the OS wasn't ready for such things.<BR/><BR/>I wonder how easy it will be to run them on Parrot ...Composinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01739889615635395138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135517.post-1111776713682218402005-03-25T10:51:00.000-08:002005-03-25T10:51:00.000-08:00I think that is a fair comment. They've been bette...I think that is a fair comment. They've been better at being consumers of other components than providers.<br /><br />I'd rather criticize the major vendors of tools for component building for not recognize the value of these languages. But that's my perspective and won't necessarily gain sympathy from VB or Java developers building components for their markets.Patrick Loganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088461489050417591noreply@blogger.com