> Python?  It's probably better than Java, but why mess with the second
> tier<g> when there's Smalltalk?

Perhaps because it's difficult to determine whether a language is on a
higher tier without first spending a great deal of time mastering it.

http://www.paulgraham.com/avg.html

I would love to see a Gatorlug presentation about the advantages of
Smalltalk, or perhaps a short tutorial introduction to creating
programs with Squeak. I found the Squeak environment a bit
overwhelming, perhaps because I'm accustomed to working with textual
descriptions of programs rather than interacting with the objects
directly.

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