Re: [Pharo-users] Slashdot Submission

2017-01-01 Thread Richard Eng
I tried that tack. I said Pharo is only 8 years old, but some people come back and tell me that Pharo is still essentially Smalltalk. It's hard for me to disagree. Richard On 1 January 2017 at 11:27, stepharong wrote: > Since people believe that new equals better, we market Pharo as new. > And

[Pharo-users] Joyeux Noël, Fröhliche Weihnachten, Buon Natale, Feliz Navidad, vrolijk kerstfeest, glædelig jul, καλά Χριστούγεννα

2015-12-23 Thread Richard Eng
https://medium.com/smalltalk-talk/why-no-language-innovations-e1dfed0a7a62 Cheers, Richard

[Pharo-users] A Suggested Promotion

2015-12-22 Thread Richard Eng
I have a suggestion for future Smalltalk advocates... The advent of Pi Zero last month is an interesting opportunity. This is a very, very cheap Raspberry Pi. Anyone can afford it. I'm thinking of kids, in particular. What if we could get kids to delve into Squeak or Pharo (Squeak is better optim

[Pharo-users] Adieu, abschied, addio, despedida, afscheid, farväl, прощальный привет.

2015-12-17 Thread Richard Eng
I bid farewell to everyone. Best of luck to Pharo. https://medium.com/@richardeng/today-is-the-first-anniversary-of-smalltalk-renaissance-b4bd0c43538c Cheers, Richard

[Pharo-users] PharoJVM

2015-12-11 Thread Richard Eng
According to TIOBE, which is hardly a reliable metric, this month Java and Python are enjoying a massive upswing in popularity. In fact, TIOBE will most likely name Java *Programming Language of the Year* for 2015. (Both languages have been on an upward trajectory all year.) It's not hard to under