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> On 29.07.2009, at 14:02, Andreas Wacknitz wrote:
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>> Am 29.07.2009 um 17:46 schrieb Damien Cassou:
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>>> On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 5:20 PM, Andreas Wacknitz<
A.Wacknitz@gmx.de>
>>> wrote:
>>>> When I learned object orientation one of the first things I
>>>> encountered was:
>>>> "Procedural code makes decisions, object oriented code delegates."
>>>> Or, sometimes simply: "Tell, don't ask!".
>>>> For me this looks like asking...
>>>
>>> I agree but this would be a good start I think.
>> A start in what direction? Is there a plan to change this later? And
>> if so, when, who and how?
>>
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> The old Squeak desease was that nothing ever was done, because at some
> point
> it was found that "we could do better". This resulted in *complete*
> paralysis.
>
> For Pharo, the idea is to do something if it�s better. Just imagine
> what you can
> do in 10 years if you do a lot of little things a little bit better.
> Instead of
> doing nothing and waiting for perfection.
>
I understand your point but part of Squeak's problem is its actual