Sounds like I should get back to work :) On 04 Nov 2013, at 23:19, kilon alios <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 04 Nov 2013, at 22:13, Esteban A. Maringolo <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> 2013/11/4 Alexandre Bergel <[email protected]> >> 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 > >
