On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 10:20 AM, Tudor Girba <[email protected]> wrote:
> That is why we talk about Pharo as a cool, modern environment and language > that is Smalltalk-inspired. > We went through this a few months ago. Pharo isn't inspired by Smalltalk; it /is/ a Smalltalk. Trying to be mealy-mouthed about it and claiming inspiration, rather than proudly declaring its a Smalltalk is IMO as bad as apologizing for it being dead. > We do not need to apologize because Pharo was never dead :). > We don't need to avoid the S word either... > > Doru > > > On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 7:16 PM, Norbert Hartl <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Am 28.04.2014 um 18:58 schrieb kilon alios <[email protected]>: >> >> very cool presentation. Definitely you need to add this to the new >> website. >> >> Question : Why in every presentation we have to apologise why smalltalk >> is dead / extinct ? >> >> As a newcomer to Smalltalk I find it quite annoying. Its not as if I came >> to Smalltalk without knowing that is not popular. The vast majority of >> languages out there are so more unpopular than Smalltalk, yet they don't >> have this "sorry that I am dead" mentality to them. >> >> +1 >> >> Well said. >> >> Norbert >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 7:12 PM, Marcus Denker <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> … more a Smalltalk one using Pharo: >>> >>> MountainWest RubyConf 2014 >>> >>> Noel Rappin: "But Really, You Should Learn Smalltalk” >>> >>> Smalltalk has mystique. We talk about it more than we use it. It seems >>> like it should be so similar to Ruby. It has similar Object-Oriented >>> structures, it even has blocks. But everything is so slightly different, >>> from the programming environment, to the 1-based arrays, to the simple >>> syntax. Using Smalltalk will make you look at familiar constructs with new >>> eyes. We’ll show you how to get started on Smalltalk, and walk through some >>> sample code. Live coding may be involved. You’ll never look at objects the >>> same way again. >>> >>> >>> http://www.confreaks.com/videos/3284-mwrc-but-really-you-should-learn-smalltalk >>> >> >> >> > > > -- > www.tudorgirba.com > > "Every thing has its own flow" > -- best, Eliot
