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From: kiisaka@is.morgan.com (Ken Iisaka)
Subject: Re: C++ / Smalltalk
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In article <3d3dr5$p3u@isnews.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp>, jeff@is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp (Jeff McAffer) writes:
|> All programmers *should* understand something about MM and references
|> etc.  It just makes sense to understand the environment in which you
|> work.  The thing with Smalltalk is that it doesn't slap you in the
|> face quite as hard as say C or C++ when you don't.

Much agreed.  I have seen many cases of abuse where many
short-lived large objects are created then thrown away right away,
stressing the garbage collector.

Also, I have seen many cases where model objects are not released
properly and many obsolete objects are not garbage collected just
because DependentCollections have handles on them.

OODE makes mediocre programmers obvious, but they still have a
much, much better chance at delivering a somewhat working product.

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"Smalltalk Goes Object Oriented" - INFORMATIONWEEK, August 8, 1994, pg. 58
