Talk:Self (programming language)

Dates / version info

I think it's utterly pointless to include information that is guaranteed to be out of date quickly. Saying that development was still proceding as of September, 2004 is effectively a statement that will need to be updated every single month (assuming that development really is continuing). Giving the version number of the last release is again another piece of information that is likely to need to be updated. What useful purpose does this information serve? For example, what information does "version 4.2.1" provide to the reader? The article doesn't bother to give any additional information about Self's version history. To someone who's not already quite familiar with Self's development, "version 4.2.1" is just a meaningless number. It's worth noting that this kind of information is against policy.

When it comes to the state of development, I think it is fine to just say "Self is still under active development", or some statement to that effect -- that presents about as much information as the article currently does and won't need to be updated until the statement itself is false (i.e. when development on Self stops). As for the version number, I think we ought to get rid of it entirely, for the reasons stated above. Neilc 08:22, 5 Sep 2004 (UTC)