+1 On Sat, Mar 5, 2016 at 6:48 AM, Eliot Miranda <eliot.mira...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 12:08 PM, stepharo <steph...@free.fr> wrote: > >> >> SciPharo? Not so great news from my POV. >> What is so much pharo specific in this library? >> Is Smalltalk scientific community large enough for yet another split? >> >> Split of what? Let us be tagged with a name of 1980 and die in peace. Yes >> this looks like a >> smart move. >> There are just Python and R and Javascript around (not talking about ruby >> and swift) >> so this is a great move. We are not the cobol of object-oriented >> programming!! >> > > When I read sentiments like this it makes me want to leave the community. > I find it so offensive that the Pharo community uses Smalltalk but wants to > distance itself. It feels like theft or massive disrespect for the > inventors of the language, or a complete lack of gratitude. > > C is older than Smalltalk and no one says "C is the cobol of low-level > imperative languages". List is much older than C but no one wants to > rename Lisp because it is perceived as old. > > Smalltalk is a beautiful name, carefully chosen to differentiate and > identify the system as different, not arrogant, not hieroglyphic. Further, > Smalltalkl /is/ different and distinctive materially. Why anyone would be > ashamed of that incredible heritage and pervasive influence is beyond me. > > Offended, > Eliot >
