Jan. 9, 2015
2:32 p.m.
On 9 January 2015 at 13:23, horrido <horrido.hobbies@gmail.com> wrote:
Topic #2:
It is the contention of some critics, including Robert Martin <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YX3iRjKj7C0> , that Smalltalk did not (does not?) address the needs of the enterprise. Present a counter-argument.
Uncle Bob just doesn't know his history. Smalltalk suffered because it was _only_ in the enterprise (because, as someone on HN points out, no one else could afford the $10k/seat licence costs). I'm pretty sure James Robertson wrote about that, soon after Uncle Bob's facepalm-worthy talk. frank