+1 Smalltalk heritage and its future should be carried on by "Pharo Smalltalk".
On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 11:08 PM, Eliot Miranda <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > 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 >
