On 20 Feb 2012, at 09:24, Stéphane Ducasse wrote: > > On Feb 20, 2012, at 2:26 AM, Ben Coman wrote: > >> Stéphane Ducasse wrote: >>> I would like to get from you why you use Pharo? >>> >>> >>> >>> After thinking a lot about that recently I think that I would like to have >>> something like that: >>> >>> Pharo a plastic language to build evolvable and debuggable applications. >>> With Pharo and its ecosystem you can build powerful tools (web application, >>> data management, business processes…). Pharo philosophy is driven by >>> domain driven design. Modeling is agile. Pharo is an executable modeling >>> language. Pharo is not only a language but an infrastructure with powerful >>> tools like Moose. >>> Plastic = "(in science and technology) of or relating to the permanent >>> deformation of a solid without fracture by the temporary application of >>> force." >>> >> I agree with your usage of "plastic", but there are some unfortunate english >> slang associations that you might want to stay away from... >> "General term for a fake, or in reference to a shallow person." >> http://onlineslangdictionary.com/meaning-definition-of/plastic > > > Yes I looked at that and I was not happy with it. > > resilience may be better
There once was Resilient embedded Smalltalk by OOVM... >> >> Perhaps "ductile" would suit the same purpose. >> "able to undergo change of form without breaking" >> http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ductile >> >> There is also "malleable" (but I think the shorter syllables of ductile is >> nicer to read) >> http://www.thefreedictionary.com/malleable >> >> cheers, -ben >> >>> Pharo: ease of modeling, essence of agile, close to objects all the time. >>> Stef >>> >>> >> >> > >
