Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!unido!tub!db0tui11!MUHRTH From: MUHRTH@DB0TUI11.BITNET (Thomas Muhr) Newsgroups: comp.lang.smalltalk Subject: Wouldn't it be nice... Message-ID: <413@DB0TUI11.BITNET> Date: 29 Sep 89 09:21:58 GMT Reply-To: MUHRTH@DB0TUI11.BITNET (Thomas Muhr) Organization: TU Berlin Lines: 24 Disclaimer: Author bears full responsibility for contents of this article ..if SmallTalk V/286 had the following features: 1. Upon installation offer the opportunity to select among different modes of memory management: How much of DOS-mem to use (already offered). How much of extended mem to use (partly). How much of diskspace to use in a virtual mode (partly in ST V). 2. Some goodies from ST 80 like - Categories and supporting Browsers - Structured change.logs to support team work and versioning. - Consequent support of the MVC-paradigm. 3. Source code available for the compiler part for efficient implementation of activity-logging (history lists etc.). 4. Better documentation of goodies (like DAGPane....) 5. Support of OODBs 6. Multi-inheritance Does this wishlist represent anything general or feasable? Thank you very much, - Thomas ------- Thomas Muhr, Technical University of Berlin, BITNET: muhrth@db0tui11 Project ATLAS - Computer Based Tools for Qualitative Research "Computers, like every technology, are a vehicle for the transformation of tradition." (WINOGRAD/FLORES)