On: MVC Isn’t MVC

[bonzini]

In fact the original MVC was done with Smalltalk which has a persistent image. So the Smalltalk system itself _is_ the storage layer in which model objects live.

[cies → bonzini]

This!

Also the original MVC (not the req-resp cycle Model2) was not for client-server split apps. It was for desktop apps, so the Model could update the view. Now with WebSockets we're coming full circle.

[0tt049 → bonzini]

Exactly! No rows, tables or SQL. But instances of Models in a persistent image.