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michaelneale on Feb 21, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Did OOP do this to us?

>Java programs are notorious for being resource hogs and unstable, and smalltalk programs are notorious for the opposite.

I haven't experienced a smalltalk app that couldn't be described similarly - but maybe things are improved in recent times, I should look again.

sdp on Feb 21, 2009 [–]

My experience with the OS/GUI built on top of the Squeak VM has been very positive.

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