To me, “Smalltalk” is everything. Take anything away (language, tools, image, or library) and it’s not nearly as interesting.
On May 16, 2014, at 12:04 PM, Sean P. DeNigris <[email protected]> wrote: > Esteban A. Maringolo wrote >> All the previous dialects were advertised as "a new Smalltalk dialect" >> ... >> This time we could, at least, try to advertise it differently. > > +1. I think that delaying the Smalltalk conversation a bit a la Clojure > might be the sweet spot. A good time to mention it might be in describing > the language, since it's obviously Smalltalk. I'll reiterate that I strongly > feel that the language - which has always been the least interesting thing - > should be introduced /last/, after the environment - which is the real blue > plane idea here - and the libraries, which are of practical importance. > > > > ----- > Cheers, > Sean > -- > View this message in context: > http://forum.world.st/a-Pharo-talk-from-a-ruby-conference-tp4756805p4759290.html > Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Developers mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >
