Both. But, does it really matter? :) Doru
On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 9:49 AM, Norbert Hartl <[email protected]> wrote: > Definitely the latter... > > Norbert > > Am 02.04.2014 um 09:11 schrieb Andres Valloud < > [email protected]>: > > > Hey Doru, I was going to ask "so is that a language or a library?"... > > > > On 4/1/14 23:12 , Tudor Girba wrote: > >> Indeed, I read this article several times over the last couple of days. > >> This work is impressive particularly when combined with the cloud part. > >> > >> The language itself is less interesting for me, but what makes it stand > >> out is that it has a coherent and robust philosophy behind and > >> phenomenal goals to reach. In Pharo, we have the luxury of building on > >> top of coherent and robust philosophy (even if different from the > >> Wolfram one) and we should try as much as possible to keep our eyes on > >> phenomenal goals that seem unreachable. > >> > >> Another thing I like in Wolfram's work is attention to details: > >> > http://blog.wolfram.com/2008/01/10/ten-thousand-hours-of-design-reviews/ > >> > >> Details are crucial, and all the effort in Pharo around naming and > >> redesigning what already exists is incredibly important. But, it is > >> precisely at the moment when we are knee-deep in details that is crucial > >> to keep our eyes on the phenomenal long term goals. > >> > >> There is so much to build. Let's be bold. > >> > >> Doru > >> > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 7:22 PM, Sven Van Caekenberghe <[email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> > >> > >> On 31 Mar 2014, at 06:21, S Krish <[email protected] > >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> > >> > How about impact of this: > >> > > >> > > >> > http://blog.stephenwolfram.com/2014/03/injecting-computation-everywhere-a-sxsw-update/ > >> > > >> > I would agree it is quite complex for any beginner, but utility > >> of a programming language on these lines seems cut out for the > future.. > >> > >> Wow, this is really powerful stuff, a long read, but well worth it. > >> By recombining and reusing all their technology they seem to be able > >> to move into more and more territory. > >> > >> It is closed source and (very) expensive, and I don't like the > >> syntax, but we sure can get good ideas from them. > >> > >> Thanks for sharing the link. > >> > >> Sven > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> www.tudorgirba.com <http://www.tudorgirba.com> > >> > >> "Every thing has its own flow" > > > > > -- www.tudorgirba.com "Every thing has its own flow"
