Nice blog by Cees de Groot about the SqueakNOS project that has been revitalised. This project has my special interest since it clearly demonstrates some features of Smalltalk in the sense of it's completeness. We are not talking programming language. We are talking system.
Rob Vens
2008/09/25 12:40 - Comment(s)
  • Smalltalk's fundamental flaw
  • Smalltalk's blessing - or curse?

The writing is on the wall. The signs are unmistakeable. Smalltalk is back, on the beginning of a new success journey. I will not write about why I think this is so in this blog. I want to concentrate on my opinion that, unless as a Smallta...

Rob Vens
2008/09/19 12:43 - Comment(s)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlQx25QCRIk

Today James Robertson published his video of my talk on eXploratory Modelling at ESUG2008.

Have fun watching it, and please do not hesitate to contact me if you have questions or if any part of the presentation was unintelligible because of the noise or suc...

Rob Vens
2008/09/02 15:50 - Comment(s)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlQx25QCRIk Vandaag publiceerde James Robertson de video van mijn presentatie op ESUG 2008 over eXploratory Modelling. Veel plezier met het bekijken, en weifel niet om contact met mij op te nemen als je vragen hebt of wanneer een stuk van de presentatie moeilijk te ve...
Rob Vens
2008/09/02 15:50 - Comment(s)

This article contains a criticism of logical empiricism. Logical Empiricism has been shaping our thinking in the past century, with influential thinkers like Bertrand Russel and A.N. Whitehead. Usually we are not aware of these influences in a naive assumption that thinking is an objectively validat...

Rob Vens
2008/08/31 12:45 - Comment(s)