Smalltalk has always been the crucible of inventions... http://www.tomshardware.com/news/alan-kay-steve-jobs-ipad-iphone,10209.html
Pharo can take its rightful place in near future, amongst Java and C# to give a credible choice for an interactive development platform. Dynabook with Pharo .. as Kay imagined..? or adapted to be mass produced. I like the thought in mash-up of objects rather than standalone apps in an App Store comment. On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 3:22 AM, Marcus Denker <[email protected]>wrote: > > On 07 Dec 2013, at 00:24, Nicolai Hess <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This seems to be a good place to introduce myself. > > > > Welcome! > > > My Name is Nicolai Hess, > > I follow the squeak (and pharo) community for some years (~10). > > (Not as an *active* member in that time, but a little bit more the last > days:-) > > I am a software developer, most time working with c++ and java. > > Every time I start to dive into smalltalk world (again), > > even if all i have done are bugreports or small bugfixes, > > it impressed me how much more fun it makes. > > > Very nice small fixes :-) Thanks a lot for those! > > > Looking at smalltalks history I was always deeply impressed about all > > its development and *inventions*. > > (And a bit sad, it is not as recognized as it > > could be, and seeing how others again reinventing these things.) > > > > Yes, and it is important that we move the system forward so we are not > out-invented > by the world… > > Marcus > > >
