Yes, I was totally pumped about Kent Beck's support! With a few more contributors like him, I am certain the campaign would take off. Star power. (Cross my fingers.)
Tim Mackinnon wrote > Hey guys - lets just try and give this some support - I’d like to see > something useful come out of it that hopefully can be applied to other > countries. I’d really like to see some kids enjoy programming. > > I once met one of the original participants of the Parc experiments who > was ~14 at the time (he was much older when I met him). I commented that > it must have been amazing, and he was a bit reflective and interestingly > said that it almost ruined his life because while it was cool at the time > - when they had to take it all away, he couldn’t code in the way he had > enjoyed for a further 10 years…. > > Of course now we have an amazing environment, that not enough people > actually know about, or take seriously enough - even though its produced > most of what they take for granted today, AND is still busily pushing on > things they will take for granted in another 1 years. > > Richard - give it a shot and inspire some kids (and inspire me with some > interesting problems or setups that you think might work) > > I also notice that Kent Beck gave some support - thats pretty cool! > > Tim > >> On 22 Jun 2018, at 14:38, horrido < > horrido.hobbies@ > > wrote: >> >> I do not diminish the efforts of open source contributors. I applaud >> them. >> >> My point was that, as a Smalltalk advocate, I worked on average 8 hours a >> day, every day of the year, for nearly 4 years. That is a tremendous burn >> rate, and I can tell you I am totally exhausted. >> >> Imagine if I had a *real*, full-time job. This effort would've literally >> killed me. And this is exactly why no one else can do the job. >> >> >> >>> I hear what you're saying. Here's my rationale... >>> >>> #1. As far as I know, I'm the only person on the planet who has worked >>> full-time and without pay as a programming language advocate for nearly >>> four >>> years. Did I mention full-time and without pay? So I think you can trust >>> me >>> to deliver, come hell or high water. >>> >> >> I applaud your commitment, but there are many people giving free time to >> Pharo >> (although more technical oriented than pure advocacy) >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html >> -- Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html
