Yes, you are right: Pharo/Smalltalk is more or less the same as Ruby/Python/C/C++ in terms of power & flexibility of OOP and in live coding.
Come on. > On 6 Oct 2017, at 23:18, Dimitris Chloupis <kilon.al...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Wise not to mention Ruby and Python and Pick the worst of the worst in OOP. > Because frankly the competition for Pharo against those two behemoths can be > quite brutal in the flexibility and power of OOP. > > And no , these language can do live coding with ease. I know because I > currently code live coding style with Python for an app I am making. Sure it > wont provide you with a live system out of the box, but put in 10 lines of > code and you already ready to go with hardcore live coding. At least Python , > Ruby being practically a rip off of Smalltalk language may need even less. > > iPython which by the way is by far the most popular Python tool is the real > deal, a full blow live coding enviroment. > > To my suprise its not even hard to do live coding with C/C++ including using > image format. To my shock live coding is actually supported by both the OS > and the hardware. Hardware has its own exception system , OS has an image > flie format called "memory mapped files" used for DLLs and a lot of essential > functionality. > > For some weird reason however its well hidden and not that much utilised by > coders. They really love long compile times, dont ask me why. > > But yeah C++ even though it has come a long way with its template system, its > still the king of ugly. That sytax, oh the horrors of that syntax..... yiaks > !!! > > I am so enternal greatful that Pharo introduced me to live coding and opened > my eyes to universe of fun and productivity. I cannot imagine coding an other > way ever again. > > I really hope that we take this further though. > > On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 1:31 PM horrido <horrido.hobb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Behold Pharo: The Modern Smalltalk > <https://medium.com/smalltalk-talk/behold-pharo-the-modern-smalltalk-38e132c46053> > > If you would like to suggest some edits, I'm all ears. Anything to improve > the impact of the article. > > Thanks. > > > > -- > Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html >
