2010/1/30 Janko Mivšek <[email protected]> > How would we name that mailing list? smalltalk-theory ? > > That was going to be my second question if you like the idea :)
List: - smalltalk-research - research-smalltalk - lab-smalltalk - smalltalk-lab - smalltalk-theory - theory-smalltalk So..we have several options Vote ? Cheers Mariano > Janko > > On 30. 01. 2010 16:18, Stéphane Ducasse wrote: > > +1 > > > > Stef > > > > 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 >
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