From: Joao Pedrosa <joaopedrosa@...>
Date: 2005-02-15T03:45:39+09:00
Subject: Re: Printing why's (poignant) guide to ruby

Hi,

> Seriously, Python, Ruby, C, Java, Smalltalk, etc are all *great*
> languages. The *best* learn-to-program language/environment is probably
> Squeak, it is pretty much designed just for that, and oh yeah, is a
> pretty good Smalltalk implementation too ;-)

Have you seen this interview by Alan Kay?
http://acmqueue.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=273

He says that Smalltalk has become more of a pro-tool and less of a
teaching environment since its beginnings.

Cheers,
Joao