Sebastian you are absolutely correct, I did not understand that he was referring to a stereotype that ruby community has about smalltalk. I apologize.
On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 8:27 PM, Sebastian Sastre < sebast...@flowingconcept.com> wrote: > > On Apr 28, 2014, at 1:58 PM, kilon alios <kilon.al...@gmail.com> wrote: > > very cool presentation. Definitely you need to add this to the new > website. > > Question : Why in every presentation we have to apologise why smalltalk is > dead / extinct ? > > Is not on video but for what’s worth, I don’t know from were you take that > impression but I’m pretty sure that what you described in the previous > paragraph was *not* the impression the audience got from my talk. > > “Dead / extinct” for the industry is a matter of nailing it when you > expose talent and the tools that can expand it. Can you do cool projects > with it? if you do then that’s your place, good for you, go for more, and > give something in return. > > The hard work of this community is continuing the legacy of an inspiring > legend. > > A legend that inspires them when you take the time and effort to break > with self-serving tasks and start to expose it instead > > > > As a newcomer to Smalltalk I find it quite annoying. Its not as if I came > to Smalltalk without knowing that is not popular. The vast majority of > languages out there are so more unpopular than Smalltalk, yet they don't > have this "sorry that I am dead" mentality to them. > > > > >
