Well, looks like a passionate person having had a bad day to me.
Sorry I should not have sent this mail.
I'm silly.
Stef
On Oct 1, 2012, at 7:00 PM, St�phane Ducasse wrote:
> Hi guys
>
> I was browsing (at least trying) to have a look at mist
> � � � https://github.com/martinmcclure/mist/commit/b3103bd30be11dd8063aa9ce212a368c66f73e9a
>
> and this is so nice to see json code in the middle of Smalltalk methods. Look for class definitions there are
> great. Yes it will help newcomers to jump into Smalltalk. So great.
> We avoided the XML crap as in VW but apparently we will not avoid the shit of JSON.
>
> May be this is the clear indication that we should all stop to code in Smalltalk (a dead language anyway) and all switch to Javascript
> in a plain happiness. Have a look this is great to read class definitions and method categories like that. I love FileTree. I love JSON.
>
> What is terribly fun is that JSON could be good if we would not have a declarative syntax for exactly the same but
> new is always better. So long life to FileTree and JSON.
>
> Stef
> PS: Of course you can all piss on me, do it if this helps you.
> Now tell me that I do not have to use GitHub to browse code and all kind of nice arguments�
> while at the same time, people are telling me the inverse.
>
> Yes I can stick with my old crappy browser and we will explain to our students that we were not able to use
> the syntax of our language to express nicely the same.
>
> PSPS: so do not ask me any help and support for such idea.