Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tekcrl!tekgvs!toma From: toma@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy) Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk Subject: Re: Questions from a novice on development environments... Message-ID: <6020@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM> Date: 29 Sep 89 15:22:08 GMT References: <520002@hpsad.HP.COM> <6366@sybase.sybase.com> Reply-To: toma@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Tom Almy) Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR. Lines: 16 In article <6366@sybase.sybase.com> dg@sybase.com (David Gould) writes: >[...] Even if >you are 100% sure that you will end up useing C++, start out with Smalltalk. *NO! NO! NO!* You'll hate yourself for having used Smalltalk! If you never use Smalltalk, you might actually like C++, and even think you are using a high technology OOP Language. If you learn Smalltalk, you'll know that C++ is a crock, and you'll hate every line of code you write (and especially every line you have to debug!). Tom Almy toma@tekgvs.labs.tek.com Standard Disclaimers Apply, including :-)