--- Begin Message ---So was SciSmalltalk renamed? -cam On Sun, Mar 6, 2016 at 9:05 AM, Torsten Bergmann <asta...@gmx.de> wrote:> It is understandable that over time an own identity for Pharo is helpful > (especially > because of the bad Smalltalk marketing, failures of commercial vendors in > the past, ...). > But also no one can not deny/hide the original roots of Pharo: the primary > foundations > with pure objects all the way down and messages and concepts just plain > Smalltalk. > Same for the basic class hierarchy, ... > > So this discussion is useless, especially because Pharo still lacks many > of the > features a portable, integratable environment should have (and that > Smalltalk > failed to deliver, at least in a common way). We should not confuse > wishes/dreams > with existing state of the technology and facts. > > Also why discuss about this now again? Did we discuss about renaming SUnit > into PUnit? No. > This just burns our cycles. > > For the marketing part there is a primary question to be answered: what > are the > (business) problems Pharo can solve. At least if we want Pharo to be > commercially > viable and get money (not only our own) into the community. > This is the part that was answered by other languages and technologies so > far and > the simple reason why they are used: even when they are ugly they solve a > problem. > > Nonetheless: > ============ > If there is a rename I would suggest to rename "SciSmalltalk" > into "Polymath". > - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymath > - it can be applied to many subject areas > - would be related to Math and science > - would also have a "P" like Pharo in the name > - Da Vinci was a polymath person, as well as Imhotep :) > > Bye > T. > >
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Re: [Pharo-dev] Call about Numerical Methods in Pharo :)
Cameron Sanders via Pharo-dev Sun, 03 Apr 2016 10:48:06 -0700
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