Pharo is Pharo. And we should promote it like that. http://www.tudorgirba.com/blog/pharo-is-pharo
Doru On Mon, Nov 4, 2013 at 11:19 PM, 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 >> >> >> > -- www.tudorgirba.com "Every thing has its own flow"
