In terms of widespread availability and durability across implementations, the guys that made Seaside deserve a big shout out.
On Sun, Jul 25, 2021, 11:54 Esteban Maringolo <emaring...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Jul 25, 2021 at 11:31 AM Tim Mackinnon <tim@testit.works> wrote: > > Isn’t this the wrong question to ask? I’m assuming this is to do with > Smalltalk’s 50th anniversary, and of course we are grateful to those early > pioneers who did lots of work in the field 20-30 years ago but to me that’s > the old history and while it’s interesting to call out, it doesn’t shed > life on the day to day energy we have today - whst keeps Smalltalk alive > and current. > > Hi share the view, it's the wrong question, and it pursues that "hero > worshipping" culture that is already dead (or at least outdated) since > a long time ago. > > Additionally, I don't share the "keeping Smalltalk alive" expression, > as if dying was its inevitable outcome. I haven't heard "keeping LISP > alive" (and I don't call LISP as dead either). It would be > self-deceiving to call ourselves mainstream, but that doesn't mean > we're doomed somehow. > > So in 50 years we should celebrate the half-century, remember the > history, look at what we did "wrong", and focus on looking forward, > because "the best way to predict the future is to invent it" ;-) > > Regards! > > > Esteban A. Maringolo >
