i like Pharo
�� �� ��and i want Pharo to do well and i want to use Pharo
�� �� ��and i like very much all the work being done on Pharo yes
�� �� �� �� �� I���m very impressed and hopeful��
�� �� ��and i would not wish for that to slow down
but can Pharo do everything by itself? i don���t think so
i used to feel like i could not leave Smalltalk
�� �� ��and andy���s comments and bullet proof correctness��
�� �� ��because the outside world was such a barrier to entry
�� �� ��and the outside world was always missing something
�� �� ��that makes Smalltalk essential and so i felt like i��
�� �� ��could not use those other things
but if Smalltalk could be added to those other things
�� �� ��then they could be ok �� ��and i could see using them
�� �� ��like Racket clojure CommonLisp Shen Coq Haskell SwiProlog��
�� �� ��StrawberryProlog Pixie Forth Factor etc �� Ruby except it���s got a hell of a syntax
�� �� ��erlang
�� �� ��if Smalltalk could be added to them then they could be ok
�� �� ��but without Smalltalk they look just like hell �� �� ��to me ��what a travesty
�� �� ��unusable��
i don���t like anything that smells like C all the C like like java etc
�� �� ��although turbo C was very nice �� ��so they had to kill it �� get rid of it
�� �� ��because it���s like they are so inferior and yet everybody���s��
�� �� ��first language is just like the quick sand you sink right into
�� �� ��never to be heard from again because God forbid you
�� �� ��should have to go through that again once is enough
�� �� ��so you sink right in never to be heard from again in any other venue
�� �� ��and it���s like these were just the langs that worked first
�� �� ��they got the network effect first and became the monopoly
�� �� ��and that���s why people use them because God forbid
�� �� ��for bid that you should learn something new we all say
if Smalltalk could be like the front end of some other things
�� �� ��Racket CommonLisp Shen etc then That is what i want
and Smalltalk could be a back end too for things that it
�� �� ��does well like i want to use gemstone etc

let everything do what it does best and let them all talk
�� �� ��to each other is what i want
that���s the BorgLisp idea