Maybe it's my age but I am getting increasingly tired of the same articles about Smalltalk/Squeak/Pharo being on the edge of a breakthrough. Surely Smalltalk is nice and also has its place in the history of programming languages. Today, however, there's such a vast number of interesting programming languages that are used "in production" that I doubt Smalltalk will suddenly get more traction.
What makes articles like this one really annoying are the same old claims that seem to be a bit delusional if not outright wrong, such as:
"the Pharo IDE is much simpler and cleaner than Visual Studio and Eclipse. Even children can use it without difficulty!"
The accompanying screenshot surely doesn't support that claim.
What makes articles like this one really annoying are the same old claims that seem to be a bit delusional if not outright wrong, such as:
"the Pharo IDE is much simpler and cleaner than Visual Studio and Eclipse. Even children can use it without difficulty!"
The accompanying screenshot surely doesn't support that claim.