Well if there is a widget that can be easily ported and be useful to people I dont see any harm in taking an interest in other Morphic implementations.
But then maybe that is "forbiden fruit" for Pharo, I came from Python were we "steal" all sort of ideas from C/C++ in some case the python libraries are nothing more than direct ports (see wxPython from wxWindows) of C/C++ libraries. Though I find that hard to believe, that Pharo has such issues. If Lively Kernel Morphic can offer some good ideas for Pharo Morphic, I dont think its a bad idea to keep an open eye and mind. Of course Morphic should not be the only influence of Pharo Morphic , but I feel its easier to implement and port something based on the same architecture even on a diffirent structure. Well at least for my port of Morphic to OpenGL will keep a close eye on LK Morphic and anything else can infuse good ideas to my project. ________________________________ From: Stéphane Ducasse <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; dimitris chloupis <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, 2 February 2012, 19:17 Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] keeping up with lively-kernel (morphic) > what ? since when morphic is the future of "others" ? > > I am confused, does not Pharo use morphic ? Does not Pharo care for mophic ? Pharo uses Morphic. Now we will not make it compatible with the one of Self or javascript. > I am new with Pharo but I have not seen any other GUI than Morphic , > distributed as standard by Pharo unless I am missing something here ? Am I ? > > From: Stéphane Ducasse <[email protected]> > To: [email protected]; [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, 2 February 2012, 19:03 > Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] keeping up with lively-kernel (morphic) > > > On Feb 1, 2012, at 11:27 PM, Lawson English wrote: > > > Does Pharo use Morphic? Is there a conscious decision on people's parts to > > NOT try and keep the various flavors of Morphic compatible, or is it just > > "too hard," or that people don't care, or think it irrelevant? > > > > Some graphical frameworks manage to keep a centralized core of classes > > because they are created by one group of people for one language and then > > bindings ported to other languages. Morphic is unique in that it is being > > [re]implemented in 3 different languages: Self, Smalltalk (with several > > variations within that branch) and JavaScript. Is there any way, or even > > desire, to coordinate between the differing versions? > > are you serious? > Please can we continue to build our future instead of talking about the one > of others? > > Stef > >
