Re: First impressions

On Aug 28, 6:27=A0pm, albanread <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have just started exploring Strongtalk again and I find the type
> checking features of Strongtalk really helpful; =A0the type checker
> alerts you to silly mistakes when you accept a change.

I think the optional type descriptions in Strongtalk are a very useful
form of documentation. They are helpfully descriptive when present,
but since they are optional, they can be omitted in contexts where the
type is unknown, not yet specified or just unwanted.

> Also the user interface for browsing around the system is really very
> good and easy to understand. There is always a danger with graphical
> interfaces that they will =A0force you to enter text into tiny little
> boxes and prevent you from seeing the bigger picture.
> I think the outliner view avoids that trap while still lending useful
> structure to things.
>
> The version on the main site (the 2.0 release) has been quite
> unreliable (unusably so for me.)
> It might be worth replacing it now, with a link to the current version
> which seems much better.

Good point. Rather than link to a specific version, though, I think it
would be more useful to link to the Downloads tab in general. The
latest version will change from time to time and it would be helpful
not to have to update external links every time it changes.

talksmall
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