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On Jan 30, 2010, at 3:08 PM, Janko Mivšek wrote: > Mariano, > > That's a very good idea and useful also for us practitioners to get and > implement some new ideas from theoretic works out there. So I am for > this new mailing list! > > Janko > > On 30. 01. 2010 14:35, Mariano Martinez Peck wrote: >> Hi folks. Before sending this email to all smalltalk mailing lists, I >> first wanted to ask you what do you think. >> >> I am new in the world of the research and about reading and discussing >> about papers. If what I propose already exist, forget this mail and >> please tell me where is it. >> >> I was thinking to have a place, an environment (mailing list), where we >> can freely discuss about Smalltalk or OO in general papers. At the >> beginning I though to put this inside the Pharo mailing list but then I >> though it is better to do a new mailing list where all smalltalkers of >> all flavors can join and discuss. >> >> The main purpose about that list is: >> >> - be able to FREELY discuss about papers about Smalltalk or OO in >> general. I say freely because maybe someone gives an opinion of a paper >> that the person who wrote it is also in this place. We are all >> professional and I think we can discuss with respect. >> - LEARN. >> >> Other uses: >> - Don't reinvent the wheel. Maybe I wanted to do something and I read >> that XXX person did YYY. So, I can look at it. >> - Be aware of what other people is doing, working, writing and learning >> - Have different opinions of a certain topic / paper. >> - A little step to join all the Smalltalk community in one place. We can >> meet people, join forces, etc. >> - Help in the preparation, ANN, collaborate, etc in Workshops, >> conferences, and so on >> - Ask for help on review. Several times someone has several papers to >> review for a certain conference. This can be a place to ask for that help. >> - Publish papers that were rejected from someone. How many times some >> papers where rejected but do you still read it and find it useful ? >> - Ask for feedback for a paper before submitting it in a conference/workshop >> - Educate people and being educated >> - Share latex template, commands, or tricks related to smalltalk code >> for example >> - Discuss about research in general >> - Ask for a certain topic. Suppose I want to start to work in XXX topic, >> I can ask to see if someone knows related papers or work. >> - others >> >> I will give you an example: this week I have been reading a paper about >> LOOM - Large Object Oriented Memory. This paper is from ECOOP 1986 >> (the only thing an Argentinian can think about that year is Maradona's >> goals to England in Mexico ;) ). I was one year old at that time. LOOM >> was based in Smalltalk 80. I had no idea about that. I had to read some >> chapters of the blue book first in order to then understand LOOM. I have >> ever seen LOOM code, I don't know what happened with it, etc. So, maybe >> there is someone who even saw LOOM in live, he saw the code, he knows >> what happened, if it worked really or not, the advantages and drawbacks, >> the repercussion it had, etc. That information, those opinions, you >> cannot get it from other place. >> >> So, what do you think? Do you like the idea or has no sense ? If you >> like and has sense, I will create the mailing list and send it to all >> Smalltalk mailing lists I know. >> >> In two words: DISCUSS AND LEARN. >> >> Cheers >> >> Mariano > > > -- > Janko Mivšek > AIDA/Web > Smalltalk Web Application Server > http://www.aidaweb.si > > _______________________________________________ > Pharo-project mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project _______________________________________________ Pharo-project mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
