Hi Ben--
I was at the first International Conference on Live Coding[1] instead this year, which happened at the same time. A great gathering! I hope there's more overlap between that, ESUG, and the International Workshop on Live Programming[2] in the future.
I would be interested to know your impressions and potential for Smalltalk here. What is that community's current exposure to Smalltalk and what are their competing technologies?
It's not a competition. Everyone uses what they like, respects each other's choices, and collaboration is high, through messaging technologies like OSC[3]. People are educated about and interested in prior work. It's very inspiring. Regarding Smalltalk in particular, there's a lot of potential. I met many people who are interested in systems that are more dynamic, portable, reflective, persistent, etc. I think recent developments toward running in web browsers are what they find most interesting. You can observe and join the Live Coding Research Network discussions at [4]. thanks, -C [1] http://iclc.livecodenetwork.org [2] https://liveprogramming.github.io/2013 [3] http://opensoundcontrol.org [4] http://lurk.org/groups/lcrn -- Craig Latta netjam.org +31 6 2757 7177 (SMS ok) + 1 415 287 3547 (no SMS)