[self-interest] patterns and Self

[Albertina Lourenci]

Jecel Assumpcao Jr wrote:

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> In another email, Albertina Lourenci asked about the Abstract Factory
> pattern and platform independence.
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> Note that Self applications run and look the same on a Sparc, a Mac or
> in any future implementations of the language. And that is possible
> thanks to the use of the Bridge pattern in the canvas part of the
> graphical user interface. The applications always see the exact same
> drawing capabilities, no matter what the actual platform can do.
>

Please Jecel it would be nice if you explain a bit more detailed. So you
suggest abstract factory here  is unnecessary. Would you say
Self versions are open systems? If not, how can they become open
systems?
As far as I know you have to program to make Self 4.1.2 run on
Windows. What are the differences between Self/R and  Self 4.1.2?

I think I found a good example to grasp the difference between
GOF's way of programming and Self programming. And also
the potentiality of design patterns. I dislike immensely the
way they are implemented in C++ or  Smalltalk.
Wegner defines what an open system is. However I prefer
Patrick Steyaert's definitions.
I am curious what Wegner means by life-cycle costs that generally
dominate computing costs for large software systems and
are the bottleneck in large system development.
Life cycle resources = development and adaptability  = what
does he means by this?

Cheers
Albertina

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> -- Jecel

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