Comment Re:Lack of Speed and Efficiency (Score 1) 81
Yes, I have seen several Smalltalk implementations that are *very* fast (and, no, Squeak isn't one of them). IBM's VisualAge, Cincom's VisualWorks and ObjectStudio, VisualSmalltalk, Dolphin Smalltalk, Smalltalk/X and Smalltalk MT are all quite fast and more than sufficient for almost any programming task. All of them make it easy to drop down to C in those rare occasions when Smalltalk isn't fast enough.
As far as the Squeak Postscript problem, that is an *application* issue, not a Smalltalk issue. My guess is that the student was just using string concatination rather than streams...a common newbie/student error. That does not indicate any "fundamental design problem" in the language since you could have the exact same problem in almost any language.
As far as the Squeak Postscript problem, that is an *application* issue, not a Smalltalk issue. My guess is that the student was just using string concatination rather than streams...a common newbie/student error. That does not indicate any "fundamental design problem" in the language since you could have the exact same problem in almost any language.
