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Smalltalk Report, January, 1995
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2010
This was about where I started losing interest in writing the column. I had written this nice bit of code for a client, and I ran into a publishing deadline, so I turned it into a literate program and sent it off.
You'll notice that there are eight more columns after this one. Once again, my reluctance to change shows through. My lesson: once you decide not to do something, do not pass go, do not collect $200 (yep, that's the going rate). Quit and get on with something else.
In my case, I was distracted by trying to keep my business going (which in itself was too big a job for one person) and trying to get my patterns book done.
Not that this is a terrible column, or that it gives bad advice. The technique is useful, and belongs in every wizard's black bag. When I don't feel like writing the column, though, I shouldn't write the column.
Before I jump into this month's column, I'd like to tell you a little about what I learned at Digitalk's DevCon this year.
RANT
One thing I learned is that Digitalk is finally coming around to the idea that third-party support is important to their success. The slow growth of the third-party parts market has hurt them, I think, and they want to fix that. Their Partners Program, the third-party catalog to be shipped with their product, and their public and private statements at DevCon give me hope that they are coming around.
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