[Pharo-dev] Pharo on RPi

2014-04-30 Thread Goubier Thierry
Hi all, I'd like to know what is the status of Pharo on the RPi? It would be to use it with serial port communications and seaside development. Thanks, Thierry -- Thierry Goubier CEA list Laboratoire des Fondations des Systèmes Temps Réel Embarqués 91191 Gif sur Yvette Cedex France

[Pharo-dev] SuffixConditionals

2014-04-30 Thread Torsten Bergmann
SuffixConditionals adds #if: and #unless methods to BlockClosure. Currently in VisualWorks but can be ported to other Smalltalks (like Pharo) as well. Read here: http://forum.world.st/ANN-SuffixConditionals-td4755785.html Code is on Cincom Public Repo and snaphots on

[Pharo-dev] [Fuel] Serialize and materialize to GZip

2014-04-30 Thread roberto.mine...@usi.ch
Hi, Following the Fuel test FLUserGuidesTest#testGZip I discovered that I can serialize and materialize to and from GZip archives. Cool! I tried with some small test object and it worked like a charm. When I tried with a large object… Serialization - It does not work, the image instantly

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo on RPi

2014-04-30 Thread jannik laval
I have a Phratch that begin to work on RPi ( https://ci.inria.fr/pharo-contribution/view/Phratch/job/Phratch-OneClick-RPi/ ). So, you can probably use Pharo 3 Now I have problems with FileSystem, I will ask in another thread. Jannik 2014-04-30 11:01 GMT+02:00 Goubier Thierry

[Pharo-dev] Pharo RPi and FileSystem error

2014-04-30 Thread jannik laval
Hi all, I have an error on Pharo 3, with RPi. The error is UnixResolverCan't find the request origin To reproduce it, just run this line: --- FileLocator home exists Thank you for your help. -- ~~Jannik Laval~~ École des Mines de Douai Enseignant-chercheur http://www.jannik-laval.eu

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo on RPi

2014-04-30 Thread Goubier Thierry
Le 30/04/2014 11:58, jannik laval a écrit : I have a Phratch that begin to work on RPi (https://ci.inria.fr/pharo-contribution/view/Phratch/job/Phratch-OneClick-RPi/). So, you can probably use Pharo 3 Thanks. I'll start moving the infrastructure there then. Thierry Now I have problems

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo on RPi

2014-04-30 Thread Jean Baptiste Arnaud
The status of Rpi. The VM work as a StackVM linux one, Except for: - Sound (recent bug will be fixed soon), - NativeBoost (arm), - FFI (recent change from Doug will be here soon) and OsProcess (I just don not try it yet but I didn't look at it). I

[Pharo-dev] [pharo-project/pharo-core]

2014-04-30 Thread GitHub
Branch: refs/tags/30846 Home: https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-core

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo on RPi

2014-04-30 Thread Goubier Thierry
Thanks JB! This is really great! Thierry Le 30/04/2014 13:18, Jean Baptiste Arnaud a écrit : The status of Rpi. The VM work as a StackVM linux one, Except for: - Sound (recent bug will be fixed soon), - NativeBoost (arm), - FFI (recent change from Doug will be here soon) and OsProcess (I just

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pen back in the image

2014-04-30 Thread Sean P. DeNigris
philippeback wrote I'd like to see the Pen class coming back in the main image. Answered at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22737674/wheres-the-pen-class-in-pharo Gofer it squeaksource: 'PharoNonCorePackages'; package: 'BitBltPen'; load. Then you can Display restoreAfter: [Pen

Re: [Pharo-dev] SuffixConditionals

2014-04-30 Thread Sean P. DeNigris
Torsten Bergmann wrote SuffixConditionals adds #if: and #unless methods to BlockClosure. Currently in VisualWorks but can be ported to other Smalltalks (like Pharo) as well. Good idea! It is MIT and would be a great bridge for a Ruby community in the spirit of

Re: [Pharo-dev] [Fuel] Serialize and materialize to GZip

2014-04-30 Thread Mariano Martinez Peck
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 6:33 AM, roberto.mine...@usi.ch roberto.mine...@usi.ch wrote: Hi, Following the Fuel test FLUserGuidesTest#testGZip I discovered that I can serialize and materialize to and from GZip archives. Cool! I tried with some small test object and it worked like a charm.

Re: [Pharo-dev] [pharo-project/pharo-core]

2014-04-30 Thread Marcus Denker
On 29 Apr 2014, at 16:13, Eliot Miranda eliot.mira...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Marcus, On Apr 29, 2014, at 6:31 AM, Marcus Denker marcus.den...@inria.fr wrote: On 29 Apr 2014, at 15:29, Eliot Miranda eliot.mira...@gmail.com wrote: Without any information on what has been changed these

Re: [Pharo-dev] SuffixConditionals

2014-04-30 Thread Torsten Bergmann
As it is MIT I ported it to Pharo: Code is available on http://smalltalkhub.com/#!/~TorstenBergmann/SuffixConditionals One can load it from the config browser Bye T. Gesendet: Mittwoch, 30. April 2014 um 14:29 Uhr Von: Sean P. DeNigris s...@clipperadams.com An: pharo-dev@lists.pharo.org

Re: [Pharo-dev] SuffixConditionals

2014-04-30 Thread Sean P. DeNigris
On Apr 30, 2014, at 9:59 AM, Torsten Bergmann [via Smalltalk] ml-node+s1294792n475722...@n4.nabble.com wrote: As it is MIT I ported it to Pharo: Cool! Thanks :) Was it straightforward to port? I haven’t ported anything from VW in a while. Xtreams was in my sights - we did a proof of concept

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo 3.0 Released!

2014-04-30 Thread Esteban Lorenzano
reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/24d9d2/pharo_30_the_immersive_live_environment_released/ On 30 Apr 2014, at 16:01, Esteban Lorenzano esteba...@gmail.com wrote: Dear World, Pharo 3.0 (http://www.pharo.org) is here. pastedGraphic.png The past year seemed short as

Re: [Pharo-dev] SuffixConditionals

2014-04-30 Thread Torsten Bergmann
It was a no-brainer, I did'nt even load the code into VisualWorks (which I do not have installed these days as I have no up to date copy/version). I just checked https://github.com/randycoulman/SuffixConditionals, the *.pst files are XML files and are therefore readable. 3 extension methods if:,

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo 3.0 Released!

2014-04-30 Thread Esteban Lorenzano
and is also at ycombinator thumbs up! Esteban On 30 Apr 2014, at 16:14, Esteban Lorenzano esteba...@gmail.com wrote: reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/24d9d2/pharo_30_the_immersive_live_environment_released/ On 30 Apr 2014, at 16:01, Esteban Lorenzano

[Pharo-dev] New Website online

2014-04-30 Thread Marcus Denker
Hi, The new website is online! http://pharo.org For now, pharo-project.org still is the old website. Next: pharo-project.org should forward to pharo.org, it will still be available as old.pharo-project.org for some time. Thanks a lot to Nico http://nicolas-petton.fr,

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo 3.0 Released!

2014-04-30 Thread Sven Van Caekenberghe
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7673462 On 30 Apr 2014, at 16:24, Esteban Lorenzano esteba...@gmail.com wrote: and is also at ycombinator thumbs up! Esteban On 30 Apr 2014, at 16:14, Esteban Lorenzano esteba...@gmail.com wrote: reddit:

Re: [Pharo-dev] [pharo-project/pharo-core]

2014-04-30 Thread Eliot Miranda
Hi Marcus, On Apr 30, 2014, at 6:42 AM, Marcus Denker marcus.den...@inria.fr wrote: On 29 Apr 2014, at 16:13, Eliot Miranda eliot.mira...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Marcus, On Apr 29, 2014, at 6:31 AM, Marcus Denker marcus.den...@inria.fr wrote: On 29 Apr 2014, at 15:29, Eliot Miranda

Re: [Pharo-dev] [ANN]: Little NeoJSON Helper

2014-04-30 Thread Sean P. DeNigris
Okay, here is version 0.1 - the most basic useful functionality to aid in writing mappings. Assuming Neo-JSON-Core is loaded Gofer it smalltalkhubUser: 'SeanDeNigris' project: 'SeansPlayground'; package: 'Neo-JSON-Utilities'; load. Now if you: reader :=

Re: [Pharo-dev] SuffixConditionals

2014-04-30 Thread Sean P. DeNigris
I just checked https://github.com/randycoulman/SuffixConditionals, the *.pst files are XML files and are therefore readable Ha, cool! - Cheers, Sean -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/SuffixConditionals-tp4757183p4757248.html Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk

Re: [Pharo-dev] New Website online

2014-04-30 Thread Esteban Lorenzano
yeah, and don’t forget Nico’s effort :) I put him real pressure on him last 3 weeks, and he took it without complain… and he did a great work :) Esteban On 30 Apr 2014, at 16:35, Sean P. DeNigris s...@clipperadams.com wrote: Marcus Denker-4 wrote The new website is online! Wow! Instantly

Re: [Pharo-dev] New Website online

2014-04-30 Thread Esteban A. Maringolo
2014-04-30 11:35 GMT-03:00 Sean P. DeNigris s...@clipperadams.com: Marcus Denker-4 wrote The new website is online! Wow! Instantly obvious that Aurelia was involved because it has that well designed look instead of our usual I'm an engineer trying my best look, lol ;-P +1 The design is

Re: [Pharo-dev] New Website online

2014-04-30 Thread Sean P. DeNigris
EstebanLM wrote yeah, and don’t forget Nico’s effort :) I didn't actually *do* anything with the site yet, just enjoyed the look, so I was saving that praise ;) - Cheers, Sean -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/New-Website-online-tp4757241p4757252.html Sent from the

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo 3.0 Released!

2014-04-30 Thread Torsten Bergmann
Also on DZONE http://www.dzone.com/links/pharo_30_is_out_the_live_programming_environment.html Gesendet: Mittwoch, 30. April 2014 um 16:27 Uhr Von: Sven Van Caekenberghe s...@stfx.eu An: Pharo Development List pharo-dev@lists.pharo.org Cc: Any question about pharo is welcome

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo 3.0 Released!

2014-04-30 Thread Sven Van Caekenberghe
Today is a great day ! I am really proud to be part of this community and thankful for the contributions and hard work of so many people. This is a very important milestone while the future looks even brighter. Sven On 30 Apr 2014, at 16:01, Esteban Lorenzano esteba...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: [Pharo-dev] [pharo-project/pharo-core]

2014-04-30 Thread Sean P. DeNigris
Eliot Miranda-2 wrote Do they have a feedback channel through which you could ask? Why don't you ask them? Their feedback channel is unbelievable given how most companies handle customer service - you contact them via github.com, and a real, knowledgable person gets back to you... I've reached

Re: [Pharo-dev] New Website online

2014-04-30 Thread Esteban A. Maringolo
From Reddit, a reader has a good point: Ok, but WTF is Pharo? A new OS, A language/gui, A dockeresque container system, Wordpress clone? What!!! Novice tip. On your about page include answers to What does it do? Why would I want it? Don't include a mission statement... Maybe we should be more

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo 3.0 Released!

2014-04-30 Thread Sven Van Caekenberghe
We need more votes comments to get to the front page ! On 30 Apr 2014, at 16:27, Sven Van Caekenberghe s...@stfx.eu wrote: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7673462 On 30 Apr 2014, at 16:24, Esteban Lorenzano esteba...@gmail.com wrote: and is also at ycombinator thumbs up!

Re: [Pharo-dev] New Website online

2014-04-30 Thread Sean P. DeNigris
Esteban A. Maringolo wrote Ok, but WTF is Pharo? A new OS, A language/gui, A dockeresque The pattern from other cool language home pages seems to be one sentence with what and why (examples below). Here's a first take leveraging Simon Sinek's advice to Start With Why [1]: Do you want total,

Re: [Pharo-dev] New Website online

2014-04-30 Thread Esteban Lorenzano
there you go. I changed the “why pharo” taking your ides and extending them a bit. opinions/contributions are welcome :) Esteban On 30 Apr 2014, at 17:24, Sean P. DeNigris s...@clipperadams.com wrote: Esteban A. Maringolo wrote Ok, but WTF is Pharo? A new OS, A language/gui, A dockeresque

Re: [Pharo-dev] a Pharo talk from a ruby conference

2014-04-30 Thread Jimmie Houchin
On 04/28/2014 11:12 AM, Marcus Denker wrote: … more a Smalltalk one using Pharo: MountainWest RubyConf 2014 Noel Rappin: But Really, You Should Learn Smalltalk” Smalltalk has mystique. We talk about it more than we use it. It seems like it should be so similar to Ruby. It has similar

Re: [Pharo-dev] [Pharo-users] New Website online

2014-04-30 Thread Johan Fabry
Slick! Congrats on the site. On Apr 30, 2014, at 10:26 AM, Marcus Denker marcus.den...@inria.fr wrote: Hi, The new website is online! http://pharo.org For now, pharo-project.org still is the old website. Next: pharo-project.org should forward to pharo.org, it will still be

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo RPi and FileSystem error

2014-04-30 Thread David T. Lewis
There are no NativeBoost on Rpi, FFI or OSProcess. Basically the fileSystem work, but some data are fetch via env variable and then NativeBoost. The solution is to bypass all the request of env variable. You should use another way until, we finish to integrate a way to request correctly the

Re: [Pharo-dev] [Pharo-users] New Website online

2014-04-30 Thread Alexandre Bergel
Yes, well done!! Alexandre On Apr 30, 2014, at 12:48 PM, Johan Fabry jfa...@dcc.uchile.cl wrote: Slick! Congrats on the site. On Apr 30, 2014, at 10:26 AM, Marcus Denker marcus.den...@inria.fr wrote: Hi, The new website is online! http://pharo.org For now,

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo 3.0 Released!

2014-04-30 Thread p...@highoctane.be
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 5:01 PM, Sven Van Caekenberghe s...@stfx.eu wrote: Today is a great day ! I am really proud to be part of this community and thankful for the contributions and hard work of so many people. This is a very important milestone while the future looks even brighter.

[Pharo-dev] Mac - Identified Developers

2014-04-30 Thread Ben Coman
From reddit... My mac complains: Pharo3.0 can't be opened because it is from an unidentified developer. Your security prefernces allow installation of only apps from the Mac App Store and identified developers. Of course I just can turn off this. But still. What is the constraint to

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo RPi and FileSystem error

2014-04-30 Thread Douglas McPherson
As a data point, OSProcess works out-of-the-box with the Squeak interpreter VM shipped with Raspbian. So should be ok in Pharo, but I haven't tried it. Doug On Apr 30, 2014, at 09:03 , David T. Lewis wrote: There are no NativeBoost on Rpi, FFI or OSProcess. Basically the fileSystem work,

Re: [Pharo-dev] New Website online

2014-04-30 Thread Sven Van Caekenberghe
+10 I think Sean's suggestions and perspective make a lot of sense. Let's also not forget that he is a native English speaker and we are not. And the whole idea of the new website was mainly about marketing anyway. On 30 Apr 2014, at 18:04, Sean P. DeNigris s...@clipperadams.com wrote: One

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo 3.0 Released!

2014-04-30 Thread kilon alios
Excellent works guys, Pharo 3 has really exploded in our faces, cant believe the amount of bug fixes and new feature / libraries, if Pharo is not proof that Smalltalk is alive and kicking ass , dont know what it is :D I love the new site but to be fair that old one was very good too. The new one

Re: [Pharo-dev] Mac - Identified Developers

2014-04-30 Thread Esteban Lorenzano
As always... Time to actually do it. Is in my todo list since months, but I'm always run into other problems/urgencies :( Esteban On 30 Apr 2014, at 18:16, Ben Coman b...@openinworld.com wrote: From reddit... My mac complains: Pharo3.0 can't be opened because it is from an unidentified

Re: [Pharo-dev] [Pharo-users] New Website online

2014-04-30 Thread kilon alios
I love the new website definitely an improvement , don't like the new flatten logo , old one was a very beautiful design. R.I.P Thanks for including my video Why Pharo in the website I feel honoured and thank you for your hard work. On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 7:07 PM, Alexandre Bergel

Re: [Pharo-dev] [pharo-project/pharo-core]

2014-04-30 Thread Sean P. DeNigris
Sean P. DeNigris wrote I've reached out and await their reply. From github support: The pharo-project/pharo-core repository is using the Email Service Hook to provide notifications on push. The Email Service Hook doesn't currently allow you to configure which pushes should trigger

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo 3.0 Released!

2014-04-30 Thread Sean P. DeNigris
Sven Van Caekenberghe-2 wrote Today is a great day ! +1 to all! - Cheers, Sean -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-3-0-Released-tp4757229p4757296.html Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Developers mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

Re: [Pharo-dev] a Pharo talk from a ruby conference

2014-04-30 Thread Ben Coman
Jimmie Houchin wrote: On 04/28/2014 11:12 AM, Marcus Denker wrote: … more a Smalltalk one using Pharo: MountainWest RubyConf 2014 Noel Rappin: But Really, You Should Learn Smalltalk” Smalltalk has mystique. We talk about it more than we use it. It seems like it should be so similar to Ruby.

Re: [Pharo-dev] [Pharo-users] New Website online

2014-04-30 Thread Ben Coman
I really liked your video, I just think a the little bit at the front that shows Amber should be trimmed.  There was a comment on reddit "So it's smalltalk in a browser? " cheers -ben kilon alios wrote: I love the new website definitely an improvement , don't like the new flatten logo ,

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo 3.0 Released!

2014-04-30 Thread Sebastian Sastre
On Apr 30, 2014, at 11:01 AM, Esteban Lorenzano esteba...@gmail.com wrote: Dear World, Pharo 3.0 (http://www.pharo.org) is here. Congratulations everyone. And many many thanks for all of you that have so generously contributed to reach this important milestone sebastian o/

Re: [Pharo-dev] New Website online

2014-04-30 Thread Esteban Lorenzano
ok, I have put the first suggestion. I can try the other one too… as you prefer :) Esteban On 30 Apr 2014, at 18:04, Sean P. DeNigris s...@clipperadams.com wrote: One of Simon Sinek's core ideas is that people buy your product because they believe what you believe, and that the why needs to

Re: [Pharo-dev] [Pharo-users] New Website online

2014-04-30 Thread kilon alios
Hmm I see no such reply in my comment at Reddit. Actually from what I see none replied to my comment. Trimmed as removed ? You mean I should remove Amber mention completely ? For me as a coder is important that I work inside an environment that allows me to take advantage of existing

Re: [Pharo-dev] New Website online

2014-04-30 Thread Sebastian Sastre
On Apr 30, 2014, at 1:04 PM, Sean P. DeNigris s...@clipperadams.com wrote: One of Simon Sinek's core ideas is that people buy your product because they believe what you believe, and that the why needs to come first to suck them in. Well said Sean. For the record, you can quote me on this

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo RPi and FileSystem error

2014-04-30 Thread Sven Van Caekenberghe
I thought that we did that already: OSEnvironment class#isAvailable NativeBoost class#isAvailable PlatformIndependentEnvironment No ? Are you using the latest 3.0 ? On 30 Apr 2014, at 18:49, Jean Baptiste Arnaud jbaptiste.arn...@gmail.com wrote: That the point I want to checks it, run

Re: [Pharo-dev] [pharo-project/pharo-core]

2014-04-30 Thread Eliot Miranda
Hi Sean, *thank you*. Just to be sure, the requirement is for the email service to be tailorable so that one can ask e.g. for the commit id /and/ the commit comment, or the commit id, commit comment and affected files. Is that what you asked for? On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 9:50 AM, Sean P.

[Pharo-dev] Pharo 3.0 / Roassal2 / Ubuntu

2014-04-30 Thread volk...@nivoba.de
Dear all, i just downloaded Pharo 3.0 and installed Roassal2 via Configuration Manager (Stable Version). When trying the Roassal examples (from Tool-Menu) i got an red screen. Platform Ubuntu 14.04LTS Pharo3.0 Latest update: #30846 Need some help :-) BW, Volkert

[Pharo-dev] good article on mainstream adoption of programming languages

2014-04-30 Thread Johan Brichau
Since this discussion often returns on this mailinglist, here is a good article. It focuses on Haskell, but a lot of arguments apply to Smalltalk as well.

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo 3.0 / Roassal2 / Ubuntu

2014-04-30 Thread Sven Van Caekenberghe
I just tried on Mac OS X and that worked fine, you have to make sure that you use the latest VM I guess. I believe the required libraries come with the VM. But I am an inexperienced user on this area. On 30 Apr 2014, at 19:53, volk...@nivoba.de wrote: Dear all, i just downloaded Pharo 3.0

Re: [Pharo-dev] a Pharo talk from a ruby conference

2014-04-30 Thread Jimmie Houchin
In the Smalltalk heritage. Pharo comes from Smalltalk 80. But we don't want to be stuck in 1980. We want Smalltalk 2014. Smalltalk 80 was modern for 1980. They didn't want to be stuck in 1976. ... And Smalltalk isn't unique to this. Is C11 not a C because it is not KR, or C89, C90 or C99? Is

Re: [Pharo-dev] how can I have a working roassal 3d ?

2014-04-30 Thread Sven Van Caekenberghe
The 2D stuff works for me, but there seems to be a problem with the 3D stuff. I hope the Rossal developers can fix this soon, since we're showing off Rossal with the 3.0 release On 30 Apr 2014, at 18:53, Clément Bera bera.clem...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I wanted to show some 3D

Re: [Pharo-dev] a Pharo talk from a ruby conference

2014-04-30 Thread Esteban Lorenzano
Again… you are missing the point. nobody here doubts Pharo is a Smalltalk. nobody outside our small world believes Smalltalk is alive. And yes… you can argue all what you want. But you are scratching where it does not itch. We choose not to *market* Pharo as a Smalltalk, because each time

Re: [Pharo-dev] good article on mainstream adoption of programming languages

2014-04-30 Thread Eliot Miranda
Hi Johan, On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 10:57 AM, Johan Brichau jo...@inceptive.be wrote: Since this discussion often returns on this mailinglist, here is a good article. It focuses on Haskell, but a lot of arguments apply to Smalltalk as well.

Re: [Pharo-dev] good article on mainstream adoption of programming languages

2014-04-30 Thread Johan Brichau
Eliot, if possible, next time provide the quora link not the forbes one. forbes is advertising at me :-( OK, but I am not an active Quora user... and it's asking me for a lot of things before I can actually read that article :-/ Now that I have wrestled through it, the next time I will do

Re: [Pharo-dev] a Pharo talk from a ruby conference

2014-04-30 Thread Jimmie Houchin
On 04/28/2014 11:12 AM, Marcus Denker wrote: … more a Smalltalk one using Pharo: MountainWest RubyConf 2014 Noel Rappin: But Really, You Should Learn Smalltalk” Smalltalk has mystique. We talk about it more than we use it. It seems like it should be so similar to Ruby. It has similar

Re: [Pharo-dev] how can I have a working roassal 3d ?

2014-04-30 Thread Ronie Salgado
Hi Clément, There is not a stable version available, in fact Roassal3D requires the bleeding edge version of NBOpenGL to work, which is producing your error. Try loading Roassal3D using the following Gofer script, which is available in the Roassal3D smalltalk hub

Re: [Pharo-dev] a Pharo talk from a ruby conference

2014-04-30 Thread Esteban A. Maringolo
2014-04-30 15:07 GMT-03:00 Jimmie Houchin jlhouc...@gmail.com: Here is an unfortunate quote from that thread. emaringolo 1 point an hour ago Pharo is aimed to do serious/business development, and it's been reshaping itself since its conception (several years ago when it forked from Squeak).

Re: [Pharo-dev] a Pharo talk from a ruby conference

2014-04-30 Thread Jimmie Houchin
But that is the point. This kind of marketing is false. It denies who we are. As soon as they look at Pharo. Learn to use and then learn that Pharo is a Smalltalk and that we are liars. Did keeping silent about Pharo help in the Reddit thread. No. Did the current marketing explain well what

Re: [Pharo-dev] good article on mainstream adoption of programming languages

2014-04-30 Thread kilon alios
he/she lost me at The benefit of more libraries is real but marginal thats a a big nope from me. If there is one lesson we can learn from Java is that more libraries is EVERYTHING. On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 9:29 PM, Johan Brichau jo...@inceptive.be wrote: Eliot, if possible, next time

Re: [Pharo-dev] a Pharo talk from a ruby conference

2014-04-30 Thread Esteban Lorenzano
Some days a I really would love not to love smalltalk... On 30 Apr 2014, at 20:52, Jimmie Houchin jlhouc...@gmail.com wrote: But that is the point. This kind of marketing is false. It denies who we are. As soon as they look at Pharo. Learn to use and then learn that Pharo is a Smalltalk

Re: [Pharo-dev] good article on mainstream adoption of programming languages

2014-04-30 Thread Sebastian Sastre
On Apr 30, 2014, at 3:52 PM, kilon alios kilon.al...@gmail.com wrote: he/she lost me at The benefit of more libraries is real but marginal thats a a big nope from me. If there is one lesson we can learn from Java is that more libraries is EVERYTHING. not to mention Javascript and the

Re: [Pharo-dev] good article on mainstream adoption of programming languages

2014-04-30 Thread Johan Brichau
Is that cause or consequence of popularity? Johan On 30 Apr 2014, at 20:58, Sebastian Sastre sebast...@flowingconcept.com wrote: On Apr 30, 2014, at 3:52 PM, kilon alios kilon.al...@gmail.com wrote: he/she lost me at The benefit of more libraries is real but marginal thats a a big

Re: [Pharo-dev] how can I have a working roassal 3d ?

2014-04-30 Thread Sven Van Caekenberghe
Ronnie, The point of the Configuration Browser is to load #stable configurations, if those do not exist or cannot be produced, than the configuration should no be there I think. The goal of the Configuration Browser is to make it super easy for users to load something with just one click. I

Re: [Pharo-dev] a Pharo talk from a ruby conference

2014-04-30 Thread Sebastian Sastre
On Apr 30, 2014, at 3:22 PM, Esteban Lorenzano esteba...@gmail.com wrote: We choose not to *market* Pharo as a Smalltalk, because each time someone outside our small world hear about Smalltalk believes that is a long time dead language Then it’s a failed decision as Reddit reactions

Re: [Pharo-dev] good article on mainstream adoption of programming languages

2014-04-30 Thread Johan Brichau
The point I take home from the article is that every popular language became popular for a reason. None of those reasons where good design or the presence of libraries. Javascript because it's the only language that runs in a browser. Java and C# because they have corporate backings. Ruby

Re: [Pharo-dev] good article on mainstream adoption of programming languages

2014-04-30 Thread kilon alios
For me at least , the way I see it is that each coder is special. We all can find common ground, but we can all find differences. As a coder you want a library to solve the specific problem you had at this point, it maybe it a small one or a big one. Having more libraries ensures that you will be

Re: [Pharo-dev] a Pharo talk from a ruby conference

2014-04-30 Thread vfclists .
On 30 April 2014 19:33, Esteban A. Maringolo emaring...@gmail.com wrote: 2014-04-30 15:07 GMT-03:00 Jimmie Houchin jlhouc...@gmail.com: Here is an unfortunate quote from that thread. emaringolo 1 point an hour ago Pharo is aimed to do serious/business development, and it's been

Re: [Pharo-dev] good article on mainstream adoption of programming languages

2014-04-30 Thread kilon alios
Javascript because it's the only language that runs in a browser Eh nope Every language out there runs in the Browser. Actually you will find more than one implementation for each language. Yes they compile to Javascript but then that does not mean anything. Every language on Desktop compiles to

Re: [Pharo-dev] good article on mainstream adoption of programming languages

2014-04-30 Thread Johan Brichau
Yet it worked like a charm because developers loved the fact that they had in their hand a huge monolithic platform that could satisfy their wildest dream as far as library support went through. And on top that platform was cross platform. Sounds like Smalltalk :-) Don't get me wrong: a

[Pharo-dev] [OT] The Sociological Science Behind Social Networks and Social Influence

2014-04-30 Thread Sebastian Sastre
Not exactly pharo-dev related but people related and Pharo is done by people and this might contribute to understand the dynamics of people: Nicholas Christakis: The Sociological Science Behind Social Networks and Social Influence http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wadBvDPeE4E

Re: [Pharo-dev] good article on mainstream adoption of programming languages

2014-04-30 Thread Johan Brichau
On 30 Apr 2014, at 21:51, kilon alios kilon.al...@gmail.com wrote: Every language out there runs in the Browser You may know this: https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death-of-javascript Johan

Re: [Pharo-dev] a Pharo talk from a ruby conference

2014-04-30 Thread kilon alios
We should not forget the Java is dead craze over a decade ago. It was the time where dynamic language like python and ruby were gaining a lot of traction but here we are a decade later and Java is alive and kicking. I seriously doubt that there are a lot of people out there that take Smalltalk

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo RPi and FileSystem error

2014-04-30 Thread jannik laval
Thank you guys, I will try to find something that does not break Phratch. Cheers, Jannik 2014-04-30 19:43 GMT+02:00 Sven Van Caekenberghe s...@stfx.eu: I thought that we did that already: OSEnvironment class#isAvailable NativeBoost class#isAvailable PlatformIndependentEnvironment No

Re: [Pharo-dev] a Pharo talk from a ruby conference

2014-04-30 Thread Sean P. DeNigris
sebast...@flowingconcept.com wrote Then it’s a failed decision as Reddit reactions proves. I think that's a bit premature. The reaction on Reddit was because there was no mention on the Pharo site/release-notice of Smalltalk *anywhere*. There was no path to take people from the sound bite to the

[Pharo-dev] Pharo is Smalltalk… and Not

2014-04-30 Thread Sean P. DeNigris
All of the arguments why Pharo is Smalltalk are correct. Let me tell you a story... My friends and I are planning a trip to Spain. I am explaining that in Spanish, yo - which means hi in English slang - means l. They are arguing passionately that yo means hi and presenting evidence upon evidence

Re: [Pharo-dev] good article on mainstream adoption of programming languages

2014-04-30 Thread kilon alios
I am sorry but again a big NO from me. I am interested in two field, Graphics (2D and 3D) and music/audio synthesis. Both of these fields are dominated by C/C++. You could say is because of the fact that C/C++ is heavily optimised and of course I would agree but its not that of a big reason

Re: [Pharo-dev] New Website online

2014-04-30 Thread Tudor Girba
Excellent work! Thank you: Nico, Esteban, Marcus! Doru On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 4:44 PM, Esteban Lorenzano esteba...@gmail.comwrote: yeah, and don’t forget Nico’s effort :) I put him real pressure on him last 3 weeks, and he took it without complain… and he did a great work :) Esteban

Re: [Pharo-dev] a Pharo talk from a ruby conference

2014-04-30 Thread Jimmie Houchin
I understand. My apologies for contributing to one of those days. For me that day was while I was reading this thread and watching Doru and Sean arguing with Eliot. It almost made me want to go back to Squeak. Not that I am saying there is anything wrong with Squeak. They were firmly arguing

Re: [Pharo-dev] a Pharo talk from a ruby conference

2014-04-30 Thread Sean P. DeNigris
I was reading this thread and watching... Sean arguing... that Pharo is NOT Smalltalk No As I and Esteban (at least, maybe others) have repeated, *we are NOT saying that Pharo is not Smalltalk*. Either we're not explaining ourselves well or (more likely IMHO) everyone is so emotional

[Pharo-dev] Pharo renamed to MuchTalk

2014-04-30 Thread oscar@gmail
Holy smoley! 117 emails since I checked a few hours ago? Maybe we should rename Pharo “Prolix”? :-) on

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo is Smalltalk… and Not

2014-04-30 Thread Sean P. DeNigris
Here's my musings about how we integrate the two motives - to acknowledge our heritage /and/ break out of our pigeon hole. My key point here is to gradually introduce the Smalltalk part after people are deep enough to have gotten excited about the ideas without dismissing them because of cultural

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo renamed to MuchTalk

2014-04-30 Thread Sean P. DeNigris
onierstrasz wrote 117 emails since I checked a few hours ago? 110 of those were mine, sorry :-P Signing off for today... - Cheers, Sean -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-renamed-to-MuchTalk-tp4757347p4757349.html Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Developers

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo is Smalltalk… and Not

2014-04-30 Thread Andreas Wacknitz
Why not just 'Pharo is a Smalltalk for the 21st century. What we have now C#, Java and the like will try to „invent during the next thirty years! If you want the future now come and take a closer look...' Andreas

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo renamed to MuchTalk

2014-04-30 Thread kilon alios
Personally I am very interested to see how developers see Pharo, because the way they see it is also the future of Pharo the directions it is going. So while some may find these type of discussion derailing its very important for the direction of Pharo. Even though its very important to add code

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo RPi and FileSystem error

2014-04-30 Thread Jean Baptiste Arnaud
On rasp there a re no native boost and no OSProcess for now but OSProcess seems work well on my own Jenkins job. After few test I will send a pull request. Here is a OSProcess added version of the rasp VM

Re: [Pharo-dev] how can I have a working roassal 3d ?

2014-04-30 Thread Ronie Salgado
Hi Sven, About the configuration browser, I don't know why Roassal 3D it is there, because currently is highly unstable and it is going to keep being for a while. We are still missing lot of features and we need to fix lot of bugs. As for the black boxes, that is a shader issue which I could

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo renamed to MuchTalk

2014-04-30 Thread Sven Van Caekenberghe
We have that list too: Page 3 of http://www.pharo-project.org/download/pictures/be/j32hajf3kjdbsebqo0a9zc5tk8ekxt/pharovision.pdf Or this version: http://lists.pharo.org/pipermail/pharo-users_lists.pharo.org/2012-May/004059.html Now that I see this list again, I feel that it should be part of

Re: [Pharo-dev] how can I have a working roassal 3d ?

2014-04-30 Thread Sven Van Caekenberghe
On 30 Apr 2014, at 23:48, Ronie Salgado ronies...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Sven, About the configuration browser, I don't know why Roassal 3D it is there, because currently is highly unstable and it is going to keep being for a while. We are still missing lot of features and we need to fix

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo renamed to MuchTalk

2014-04-30 Thread kilon alios
yeap definitely sounds a like a good idea to me :) On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 12:52 AM, Sven Van Caekenberghe s...@stfx.eu wrote: We have that list too: Page 3 of http://www.pharo-project.org/download/pictures/be/j32hajf3kjdbsebqo0a9zc5tk8ekxt/pharovision.pdf Or this version:

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo 3.0 / Roassal2 / Ubuntu

2014-04-30 Thread Nicolai Hess
2014-04-30 20:03 GMT+02:00 Sven Van Caekenberghe s...@stfx.eu: I just tried on Mac OS X and that worked fine, you have to make sure that you use the latest VM I guess. I believe the required libraries come with the VM. But I am an inexperienced user on this area. On 30 Apr 2014, at 19:53,

[Pharo-dev] Usage of should: in tests

2014-04-30 Thread Nicolas Cellier
Hi, I see many usage of #should: in SciSmalltalk tests that could simply be turned into #assert: or eventually #assert:equals: Why wanting to use a block? Other than #should:raise: and #shouldnt:raise:, I don't really see the point of #should: alone anyway... IMO should: should be deprecated,

Re: [Pharo-dev] Usage of should: in tests

2014-04-30 Thread Nicolas Cellier
Some not so different opinion: http://joachimtuchel.wordpress.com/2011/09/15/sunit-and-shouldshouldnt-vs-assertdeny/ 2014-05-01 0:52 GMT+02:00 Nicolas Cellier nicolas.cellier.aka.n...@gmail.com: Hi, I see many usage of #should: in SciSmalltalk tests that could simply be turned into #assert:

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