On Sun, Jul 25, 2021 at 11:31 AM Tim Mackinnon <tim@testit.works> wrote:
> Isn���t this the wrong question to ask? I���m assuming this is to do with Smalltalk���s 50th anniversary, and of course we are grateful to those early pioneers who did lots of work in the field 20-30 years ago but to me that���s the old history and while it���s interesting to call out, it doesn���t shed life on the day to day energy we have today - whst keeps Smalltalk alive and current.

Hi share the view, it's the wrong question, and it pursues that "hero
worshipping" culture that is already dead (or at least outdated) since
a long time ago.

Additionally, I don't share the "keeping Smalltalk alive" expression,
as if dying was its inevitable outcome. I haven't heard "keeping LISP
alive" (and I don't call LISP as dead either). It would be
self-deceiving to call ourselves mainstream, but that doesn't mean
we're doomed somehow.

So in 50 years we should celebrate the half-century, remember the
history, look at what we did "wrong", and focus on looking forward,
because "the best way to predict the future is to invent it" ;-)

Regards!


Esteban A. Maringolo