tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135517.post111296927583350551..comments2023-11-05T03:54:44.710-08:00Comments on Making it stick.: Simplest (Overlooked) ThingsPatrick Loganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02088461489050417591noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135517.post-1113327391008889322005-04-12T10:36:00.000-07:002005-04-12T10:36:00.000-07:00I think it has everything to do with late binding ...I think it has everything to do with late binding -- it makes integrating disparate systems easy. It also encourages opaque objects -- in late-bound language you don't expect to know anything about your objects except that you do specific stuff to them. When that's your perspective it's much easier to integrate objects coming from foreign sources, like separate runtimes and languages.Ian Bickinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10921115783730718101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5135517.post-1112996425964603702005-04-08T14:40:00.000-07:002005-04-08T14:40:00.000-07:00I commented the other day to a co-worker that the ...I commented the other day to a co-worker that the technologies I am most fascinated with are at least 20 years old, i.e. Smalltalk, Lisp, Objective-C, Unix. OpenCroquet is based on old technologies, just some have never been implemented before. I find that both remarkable and embarassing.Wilkes Joinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16667352630170810773noreply@blogger.com