ReactiveHolder ? Phil
On Tue, Aug 19, 2014 at 7:52 AM, Eliot Miranda <eliot.mira...@gmail.com> wrote: > It is well to remember Marshall McLuhan, The Medium is the Message, the > thesis of which is that the nature of any medium has more importance than > the content if that medium in shaping its effects in the users of that > medium. > > On the medium side, email is devoid of nuance, unless smattered with > emoticons, themselves a very limited sub-medium that many of us employ only > partially. It is /so/ common to see an escalation of hurt emerge from an > email thread started by a misreading of an email that imputed offense when > none was intended. > > On the message side, names are important. Sentences become > incomprehensible if nouns are arbitrarily rebound. ValueHolder may not be > the greatest name, just as apareille a photo is clumsier than camera, but > we can't just change them to frotboggle or bungswallop just because they > sound more poetic. ReactiveVariable is criticizes me on the basis that it > is an object that contains a variable, not a variable itself, and garner > misleading, /and/ that it is a renaming of an (albeit imperfectly) already > named concept, ValueHolder, and if one doesn't want to unnecessarily break > others' understanding and much older Pharo and non-Pharo code that uses it > one is better leaving sleeping dogs lie. > > HTH > Eliot (phone) > > On Aug 18, 2014, at 8:38 AM, Benjamin < > benjamin.vanryseghem.ph...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello guys, > > > > I am sending this email to explain why I am quiting the Pharo community, > > as well as the Smalltalk community. > > > > I can not bear Stephane Ducasse's behavior anymore whether at a public > > level or a private level. > > > > It seems that his ego is preventing him from being able to have a > discussion > > without overreacting, being agressive, or insulting. > > > > I can not approve how Stephane is constantly talking behind my back to > unleash > > his irrationnal wrath and to provide his very own version of the facts. > > > > I can not see how this can lead to a peaceful and respectful community > > where we can all have fun building a future. > > > > Therefore I will not be part of this project anymore, since the way > Stephane > > is acting is taking away all the fun I can have interacting with all of > you. > > > > It was a hard decision to take, but I can not be part of a community led > > by someone whose behaviour is going against all my principles. > > > > I wish to all of you to have fun, and keep me in touch > > if you want to have a beer someday ;) > > > > Ben > >
