And to inspire all, this talk from Bret Victor is addressing the humane aspect in a very effective way http://vimeo.com/115154289 I have the impression that Smalltalk would score high in a humane medium of expression evaluation ... and if our UI/UX would be seriously improved lead by designers, not engineers, then Smalltalk could skyrocket its score in humane expression of computing. LISP, and Clojure and Haskell are great but they will always have a high entry barrier due to taste acquisition of algebra as requisite. Smalltalk amazingly, eased that barrier while potentially allowing you the same computing power. So what if?... What if we partner with a design university that embraces this spirit (which is very friendly to them but they don't know)? What I see is that if we do that, we might have a chance to achieve the best path that Bret proposes in his talk. my 2 cents from mobile
On 27/12/2014, at 03:03, horrido <horrido.hobbies@gmail.com> wrote:
I've launched a PR campaign to promote and advance the use of Smalltalk (and Amber):
http://smalltalkrenaissance.wordpress.com/ <http://smalltalkrenaissance.wordpress.com/>
I am seeking the support of the Smalltalk community.
My intention is to make Smalltalk Renaissance /a rallying point/ around which everyone can gather and contribute to this campaign. Over the coming weeks and months, I shall outline my plan (which is still evolving).
There have been many prior attempts to popularize Smalltalk. None have had any traction. Despite the best efforts of the Smalltalk community, today Smalltalk has become a largely forgotten language. (Smalltalk has fallen off the cliff at the TIOBE index, and it ranks poorly at Redmonk and langpop.corger.nl.) /I am trying something different./
Smalltalk Renaissance is a PR campaign. It is trying to /market/ Smalltalk, not on the exclusive basis of /technical merit/, but also by addressing criticisms and generating excitement about the future of software engineering. It is an ambitious campaign, but in this business, if you don't think *big*, then don't bother wasting your time.
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