> Am 08.12.2014 um 07:18 schrieb Tudor Girba <tu...@tudorgirba.com>: > > Hi, > > As you might see, the GTPlayground is called playground not workspace. The > main reason for this is that workspace implies the place where work is done, > and work is typically associated with creating code. For me GTPlayground is a replacement of the workspace. At the moment this is obviously so: the workspace menu item has been replaced by the one for the Playground. The term Workspace is widely known in the Smalltalk community. Don’t change the name just because you put some enhancements to it.
> > This is not the intention of the workspace. > > Workspace also comes with a history that is associated with actual > implementations. While the current GTPlayground might appear to be similar to > the workspace, I think the way you can use the latter produces a significant > shift. > > Furthermore, I think the term playground is more inline with the idea of > "playing with live objects". And, in the future, the implementation will > likely evolve towards even more liveliness. > > It is for this reason that I would prefer that the World menu item gets > renamed to Playground. > > What do you think? I like the enhancements but I don’t like the new name. Only time will tell if the ideas of GTPlayground will be adapted by other Smalltalks and then it would be the right time to talk about a better name than workspace. Regards Andreas
