"Male" in german means "stupid". Wrong assoziation. "plasticity" is the correct word for easy deformable, neuronal structures in neuronal sciences, cybernetics.
regards, Guido Stepken Am 20.02.2012 13:57 schrieb "Fernando Olivero" <[email protected]>: > What about: Pharo a MALEABLE language to build evolvable and > debuggable applications. > > > Fernando > > On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Guido Stepken <[email protected]> > wrote: > > http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasticity > > > > Am 20.02.2012 09:24 schrieb "Stéphane Ducasse" < > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>: > > > > 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 > > > > > >> > >> 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 > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > > > > > >
