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From: Paul.Regenhardt@p0.f500.n5000.z200.METRONET.ORG (Paul Regenhardt)
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Subject: Re: Is Smalltalk For Real In Ms-dos?
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Date: 7 Jan 91 08:17:00 GMT
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I liked your anology on the Smalltalk learning curve "going gently 
upslope until your nose hits a mountain".  I "learned" by reading
through Digitalk's tutorial several times and then going to a course.
I remember approaching the course with great trepidation because I
knew I couldn't do anything with the language.  I was a traditional
FORTRAN programmer, and although I understood the syntax, I couldn't
put two and two together.  The course was great, they threw a few words
out at us, and then said, "okay, write a program to...".  Shell shock!
But suddenly it all gelled for me, I still wasn't familiar with the
class library, but I had it figured out.  Next thing you know it
was Damn the torpedoes, and full speed ahead!
 
I trained another two other guys in our office, neither of them seemed
to have the initial trials and tribulations that I had to go through.
Of course when I picked the book up I was working in a vaccuum, they
had me to answer the "why would you do this" questions.  Once you learn 
it, you hate to go back....
 
It's really to bad Digitalk only supports PC's and Mac's, and that 
ParcPlace's version is so expensive.  As to Digitalk being class poor,
it never stopped me.  Our image at work is now 3 times the original
size...and we keep adding capabilities.
                                           Paul Regenhardt
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