Smalltalk has always been the crucible of inventions...

http://www.tomshardware.com/news/alan-kay-steve-jobs-ipad-iphone,10209.html

�Pharo can take its rightful place in near future, amongst Java and C# to give a credible choice for an interactive development platform.

�Dynabook with Pharo ..� as Kay imagined..? or adapted to be mass produced.

�I like the thought in mash-up of objects rather than standalone apps in an App Store comment.





On Sat, Dec 7, 2013 at 3:22 AM, Marcus Denker <marcus.denker@inria.fr> wrote:

On 07 Dec 2013, at 00:24, Nicolai Hess <nicolaihess@web.de> wrote:

> This seems to be a good place to introduce myself.
>

Welcome!

> My Name is Nicolai Hess,
> I follow the squeak (and pharo) community for some years (~10).
> (Not as an *active* member in that time, but a little bit more the last days:-)
> I am a software developer, most time working with c++ and java.
> Every time I start to dive into smalltalk world (again),
> even �if all i have done are bugreports or small bugfixes,
> it impressed me how much more fun it makes.
>
Very nice small fixes :-) Thanks a lot for those!

> Looking at smalltalks history I was always deeply impressed about all
> its development and *inventions*.
> (And a bit sad, it is not as recognized as it
> could be, and seeing how others again reinventing these things.)
>

Yes, and it is important that we move the system forward so we are not out-invented
by the world�

� � � � Marcus