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<DIV><SPAN class=473223612-28082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Absolutly.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=473223612-28082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Is it
possible to rip out the squeak graphical backend and bolt it onto
Erlang?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=473223612-28082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Then
reimplement the low-levels of the GUI in Erlang?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=473223612-28082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I had
a brief look at Squeak and this looked possible :-)</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=473223612-28082006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>/Joe</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> owner-erlang-questions@erlang.org
[mailto:owner-erlang-questions@erlang.org] <B>On Behalf Of
</B>Dietmar.Schaefer@dfs.de<BR><B>Sent:</B> den 25 augusti 2006
08:24<BR><B>To:</B> erlang-questions@erlang.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Smalltalk
<-> erlang<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>I just got a deja vu !</FONT>
<BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>When I dicovered Smalltalk about 20 years
ago I found it the</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>most advanced
(oo) programming environment and language.</FONT> <BR><BR><BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2>When I discovered erlang about 3 years ago I found it
the most advanced</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>fault tolerant
(etc.) programming environment and language.</FONT> <BR><BR><FONT
face=sans-serif size=2> My idea was to combine the best of both
worlds -> write GUI stuff in</FONT> <BR><FONT face=sans-serif
size=2>Smalltalk ; write the rest (server ) in erlang.</FONT>
<BR><BR><BR><BR><FONT face=sans-serif size=2>Dietmar
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