One other point. When I saw the subject line "Smalltalk's successor", I expected to read that *Pharo* already is Smalltalk's successor, what with traits and GT and direct support for Git &c. I think "The future of Smalltalk is not far-off it's Pharo and it's here" is a claim that could well be made.
On Thu, 13 Aug 2020 at 13:44, Richard O'Keefe <rao...@gmail.com> wrote: > Am I starting to hallucinate, or did I read some time in the last year > that there are plans for a "long term stability" branch of Pharo? That had > me giving thanks. Pharo is splendid, and that will give us the best of > both worlds: a stable base for development WITHOUT holding back development > of Pharo itself. > > I think Stéphane Ducasse may have completely misunderstood me. I wonder > what he thinks my "choice" is? The only choice I'm aware of making is to > continue being engaged with Pharo. (Hint: I am not on the Squeak mailing > list. I don't even know if there is one any more.) The unpleasantly > disparate nature of "Smalltalk" does not make *Pharo* a bad choice, it just > means that anyone who develops in Pharo with the aim of deploying in VW is > facing a much harder task than they might have been led to expect. > > I would also like to praise S.D. and his merry band for > (a) the free Smalltalk books > (b) the continuing series of books specifically about Pharo. > Is there some way I can contribute to the Pharo book(let)s? > I'm not too bad at proof-reading. > > > > > > On Thu, 13 Aug 2020 at 01:43, Stéphane Ducasse <stephane.duca...@inria.fr> > wrote: > >> "Protect me from my friends I will deal with my ennemies." >> >> Pharo is Pharo. >> >> The smalltalk community likes to complain but we prefer to invent >> the future. >> For the record we are helping companies to DELIVER and we are >> engaging >> any people that want to invent the future with us. >> >> I have often the impression that having success is bad in this >> wonderful communauty >> >> Horrido can’t you spend your energy in something more productive? >> What a drag? >> >> Richard O’Keefe, this is a pity because we will never learn much >> from your experience. >> Anyway this is your choice but a strange one. >> >> I would love to have a type inferencer for Pharo. >> >> Sorry no time to spend more time on this. >> >> S. >> >> I did not do Pharo for ego I did it because else I would have join Lua or >> Python >> because Squeak and VW were killing my Smalltalk flame. >> I prefer doing than talking. >> >
