Re: [Pharo-users] is this better regarding naming thigs

2020-01-08 Thread tbrunz
Richard O'Keefe wrote > Seriously, sometimes it's worth it to write good code and then write > glue code to the required interface. Maybe "most of the time". Or "It's almost always worth it". Why practice bad habits? We should reinforce writing good code -- there's not enough of it out there.

[Pharo-users] JOB: Smalltalkers in Barcelona

2020-01-08 Thread Esteban Lorenzano
Hello Pharoers Please distribute around…. Lifeware is looking for smart people and Smalltalkers for positions at Barcelona. If you are interested please contact Massimo Arnoldi mailto:massimo.arno...@lifeware.ch>> Esteban

Re: [Pharo-users] [ANN] XMLParserHTML moved to GitHub

2020-01-08 Thread Ben Coman
On Wed, 8 Jan 2020 at 06:32, LawsonEnglish wrote: > “Simple inspect” works fine. > > THe trace is: > > UndefinedObject(Object)>>doesNotUnderstand: #new > Message>>sentTo: > UndefinedObject(Object)>>doesNotUnderstand: #new > XMLDocumentHighlightDefaults class(XMLHighlightDefaults > class)>>textCol

Re: [Pharo-users] R: Smalltalk: It’s Not Your Grandfather’s Programming Language

2020-01-08 Thread Richard O'Keefe
If you were coining a new phrase, the charge of sexism might have some dubious merit. (Since it implies that your grandfather is still using outdated stuff, it is derogatory to males.) However, the phrase "not your grandfather's " is widely used to mean "this is not at all an old-fashioned ", where

Re: [Pharo-users] is this better regarding naming thigs

2020-01-08 Thread Richard O'Keefe
I should have remembered that, seeing that I've done 41/42 of the Pharo exercisms, and am currently doing the F# ones in my spare time, which I have had very little of lately. I have started using the annotation in such cases to remind me not to fix the code. Looking back at my solution, I see t