Industry Misinterpretations 129: Smalltalk in Small Places
This week we spoke to John McIntosh, who's been around Smalltalk in general and Squeak in particular, for quite awhile now. We talked about his VM work, but soent most of the show on his current project: a port of Squeak to the iPhone, in the context of Pier as an iPhone application. That application is in beta right now - listen for more details! To listen now, click here.
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Comments
line up to be sidelined
[Pete F] March 30, 2009 4:46:06.002
so umm, why is it that you would turn your back on the platforms tha actually allow you to install a smalltalk vm, and embrace the one that doesn't??
don't worry -you aren't alone -every developer that doesn't happen to work in obj-C is the same
sure, iphone's seem to be the best smartphone going these days, but is the difference so great that you can live with being excluded by technology apartheid? (or by technology eugenics if you take apple's view)
is the reality that mobile is so incredibly short-tailed that every app worth having is worth writing in objective C??
beta testing, and andriods?
[John M McIntosh] March 30, 2009 5:01:13.887
Morning, the web site is http://www.mobilewikiserver.com currently looking for beta testers.
Other smartphone platforms? http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/137
I see no-one has bothered to compile up a Squeak on Android one, lack of interest?
Re: Industry Misinterpretations 129: Smalltalk in Small Places
[ James Robertson] March 30, 2009 5:38:50.992
Comment by James Robertson
Pete - there has to be a business model for us to make money. For the iPhone, that's not necessarily an easy thing to see right now. We have had support for Windows Mobile for years, and it's gone nowhere for us.