Smalltalk Obsoletes Java
by Peter William Lount
version 1, 20050306 11:56am PDT

I came across this interesting and funny image today. Out with the old, in with the new.

Java is old due to it's over reliance on static technologies that freeze programs at the time they are compiled. Frigid applications have a protective shell that prevents anyone from getting into them.

Smalltalk is still new even though it came before Java. Why? Smalltalk is still new because it embraces dynamic technology that enables applications to adapt on the fly to the needs at hand by enabling run time compilation and modification of the application. This means that the system can adapt. This means that programs can be built that are much more flexible than those built using static technologies.

To learn some of the many ways that Java is obsolete see If you're tired of drinking all that coffee, and you don't like your C flat, how 'bout some good 'ol Smalltalk to help soothe the soul?

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