Janko,

On 22 May 2013, at 17:43, Janko Miv��ek <janko.mivsek@eranova.si> wrote:

> Dne 22. 05. 2013 16:14, pi��e stephane ducasse:
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>> PS: we are ants running around while elephants (python, ruby, Javascripts) are passing close by.
>> Not making serious progress is death.
>
> We will be even smaller ants if we won't cooperate and listen to each
> other, and this thread is exact example, how listening don't go very well.
>
> Also, sending messages like Pharo as Smalltalk-inspired instead of
> naming it proudly as Pharo Smalltalk is also a short-sighted, again
> making divisions instead of cooperation. Not to mention that outside
> world is confused, questioning if Pharo is or will stay Smalltalk at all.
>
> And ants we are smaller and smaller���

It is actually the complete opposite: the Pharo project is responsible for a lot of, if not most, renewed interest in Smalltalk. The last couple of years, activity in the Pharo community has been increasing steadily. The sheer amount of people and projects is proof of that.

It is precisely due to the direction and actual steps taken by Pharo that so many organisations and business are using it. And although the Pharo vision is much more than that, the approach to moving forward, sometimes taking ownership and responsibility ��and occasionally breaking backwards compatibility, is what makes the current velocity of change possible.

And there are so many more cool things in the pipeline.

Sven

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