I think now Pharo as Pharo. It stands on its own get inspired by the past, inventing the future ;)
how that sounds ? On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 11:21 PM, Yuriy Tymchuk <yuriy.tymc...@me.com> wrote: > > On 04 Nov 2013, at 22:13, Esteban A. Maringolo <emaring...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > 2013/11/4 Alexandre Bergel <alexandre.ber...@me.com> > >> Why do you mention Smalltalk at all actually? In my classes, I simply say >> that Pharo is inspired by Smalltalk, if I ever mention it >> It is easier to be convinced by the future than by the past. >> >> > To me trying to dissociate Smalltalk from Pharo is like trying to > dissociate Smalltalk from VisualWorks (aka "Cincom Smalltalk"). > Or worst... ANSI C from C++. > > I still mention Smalltalk, and I promote Pharo as "an active Smalltalk > dialect". > > Maybe it will be better to promote it plainly as Pharo… > > I just say that Pharo is what had to happen with Smalltalk in last 30 > years. We can think about Pharo in Smalltalk like Scala in Java. But Java > had versions, and Smalltalk is treated just as only 80th year frozen > snapshot. I’d say that Pharo is a Smalltalk of 2013 year. Oh, yes, but in > public it’s better to say that Pharo is completely different ;) > > > > > > > > Esteban A. Maringolo > > >
