Hmmmm. I was thinking about Pharo as a cross-platform Smalltalk, but that pretty much says the same thing :) You are missing the cross-platform part though, or so it seems. Also, Smalltalk's malleability does not rule out the use of number crunching and other libraries, which can be very nicely adapted into the system, one might say, in a malleable way :)
Details aside, I like where you are going. ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] on behalf of Fernando Olivero [[email protected]] Sent: Monday, February 20, 2012 7:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] Why do we use Pharo? a.k.a. rethinking Pharo marketing 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 >>> >>> >> >> > >
