Em 18/08/2009 20:23, Ken.Dickey < [email protected] > escreveu:
> Igor Stasenko <[email protected]>
>> Stef, is this an invitation to continue discussion?
> From ISSUE 1072: http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=1072
> ==============================================
>
> The intent is that this issue, 1072, introduces some problems which motivate
> SLICE-remove-Complex.
>
> I intend to open two new issues to be paired with (unreleased)
> SLICE-basic-Complex and SLICE-extended-Complex.
>
> So I would prefer people to hold back discussions of other issues than removal
> of Complex code until I open those issues.
>
> Baby steps. OK?
> ==============================================
>
> So, this is an invitation to the discussion "Should the Complex class and
> associated code be removed from Ph
aro-Core?".
Yes.
>
> This is NOT an invitation to a discussion of what is reasonable in an optional
> Complex package.
>
> ...
>> I don't want to be peevish here, but things like:
>> >>Note that there is no attempt to change oddities of Smalltalk syntax.
>> >>E.g.
>> >> (3 + 1/2i) --> (0 - 2i) NOT (3 + (1/2)i)
>>
>> indicating that Ken don't realizing completely what is Smalltalk.
>
Well, this comment was not really a inspired one, when I saw it I also had hitches to post a question to Igor to understand what was the complaint...
> I indicated that I know the Smalltalk syntax by knowing that
> (3 + 1/2i) --> (0 - 2i)
> and indicating I would _not_ change that.
>
> Smalltalk syntax is certainly confusing to people which come from other
> languages which parse 1/2i as a number, which is why I pointed it out -- for
> people who don't know the Smalltalk parse strategy.
>
Also, Etoys already did somenthing about changing the syntax for mathematical operations http://www.squeakland.org/download/releaseNotes.jsp
> I presume that you _do_ want users to switch to Smalltalk from other
> languages! Yes?
Ken,
Presently the driver for choosing a new platform is not only the language (here understood as the syntax of it).
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