This is 100% correct, because every other Unix or Unix variant out there doesn't use X windows, it uses a completely different, better, cooler, faster windowing system whose name seems to be escaping me at the moment for some reason...
Why is squeak childish? Because by default it uses a colorful interface?
If it's strictly the GUI aspect of Squeak that make you think it's a childish toy language or something, then I suggest you check out VisualWorks.
You can download a free non-commercial version (still has all the features and power of the commercial version) and learn smalltalk that way. It looks very professional.
I'd say that the less utilitarian interface of Squeak might make it easier to edge someone into doing actual programming, if that was your aim. YMMV.
Why not explain what the Zope Application Server actually is?
Not everybody is familiar with every software project.
And consider that this site may occasionally be visited by non-nerds. If they can skip the stories they don't care about, they may read the others (and make informed decisions about software, stop supporting the RIAA, etc). But if they'll be unable to even understand what the stories mean, they're much more likely to leave, never to return.
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Ahh, so you've seen ThumbWars too then.
Transparent alumni? Which school was that? I have many devious plans in which being transparent would play a key part.
This is 100% correct, because every other Unix or Unix variant out there doesn't use X windows, it uses a completely different, better, cooler, faster windowing system whose name seems to be escaping me at the moment for some reason...
If it's strictly the GUI aspect of Squeak that make you think it's a childish toy language or something, then I suggest you check out VisualWorks.
You can download a free non-commercial version (still has all the features and power of the commercial version) and learn smalltalk that way. It looks very professional.
I'd say that the less utilitarian interface of Squeak might make it easier to edge someone into doing actual programming, if that was your aim. YMMV.
Why not explain what the Zope Application Server actually is?
Not everybody is familiar with every software project.
And consider that this site may occasionally be visited by non-nerds. If they can skip the stories they don't care about, they may read the others (and make informed decisions about software, stop supporting the RIAA, etc). But if they'll be unable to even understand what the stories mean, they're much more likely to leave, never to return.