Am 20.02.2012 13:57 schrieb "Fernando Olivero" <fernando.olivero@usi.ch>:

What about: ��Pharo a MALEABLE ��language to build evolvable and
debuggable applications.


Fernando

On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 11:03 AM, Guido Stepken <gstepken@googlemail.com> wrote:
> http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plasticity
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> Am 20.02.2012 09:24 schrieb "St��phane Ducasse" <stephane.ducasse@inria.fr<mailto:stephane.ducasse@inria.fr>>:
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> On Feb 20, 2012, at 2:26 AM, Ben Coman wrote:
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>> St��phane Ducasse wrote:
>>> I would like to get from you why you use Pharo?
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>>> After thinking a lot about that recently I think that I would like to have something like that:
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>>> Pharo a plastic language to build evolvable and debuggable applications. With Pharo and its ecosystem you can build powerful tools (web application, data management, business processes���). ��Pharo philosophy is driven by domain driven design. Modeling is agile. Pharo is an executable modeling language. Pharo is not only a language but an infrastructure with powerful tools like Moose.
>>> �� �� ��Plastic = "(in science and technology) of or relating to the permanent deformation of a solid without fracture by the temporary application of force."
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>> I agree with your usage of "plastic", but there are some unfortunate english slang associations that you might want to stay away from...
>> "General term for a fake, or in reference to a shallow person."
>> http://onlineslangdictionary.com/meaning-definition-of/plastic
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> Yes I looked at that and I was not happy with it.
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> resilience may be better
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>> Perhaps "ductile" would suit the same purpose.
>> "able to undergo change of form without breaking"
>> http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/ductile
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>> There is also "malleable" (but I think the shorter syllables of ductile is nicer to read)
>> http://www.thefreedictionary.com/malleable
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>> cheers, -ben
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>>> Pharo: ease of modeling, essence of agile, close to objects all the time.
>>> Stef
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