It is good when an "outsider" talks about your stuff, they have views we simply can't have because reflection is not always possible. I think he nails the point about the shift from what's become important and what not (24:45), and the monolithic or mandatory approach of Smalltalk in general, vs the small utilities working together (Mainly Rule of Composition and Rule of Diversity). http://www.catb.org/esr/writings/taoup/html/ch01s06.html I think this has to do with the fact that Smalltalk was born with a GUI, and then built down from there, instead of being born as a command line program with an added GUI layer on top. However, thank you for sharing, it is a good presentation. And I like to see the enthusiasm of other when they meet Smalltalk. The MagLev presentation is good too (http://www.confreaks.com/videos/3285-mwrc-maglev-from-download-to-deploy). Regards! Esteban A. Maringolo 2014-04-28 13:12 GMT-03:00 Marcus Denker <marcus.denker@inria.fr>:
⦠more a Smalltalk one using Pharo:
MountainWest RubyConf 2014
Noel Rappin: "But Really, You Should Learn Smalltalkâ
Smalltalk has mystique. We talk about it more than we use it. It seems like it should be so similar to Ruby. It has similar Object-Oriented structures, it even has blocks. But everything is so slightly different, from the programming environment, to the 1-based arrays, to the simple syntax. Using Smalltalk will make you look at familiar constructs with new eyes. Weâll show you how to get started on Smalltalk, and walk through some sample code. Live coding may be involved. Youâll never look at objects the same way again.
http://www.confreaks.com/videos/3284-mwrc-but-really-you-should-learn-smallt...