On 03 Jun 2014, at 14:23, kilon alios <kilon.al...@gmail.com> wrote:
> For anyone who has not not watched it yet, you can watch the Playground demo > here. Looks like they were inspired by Bred Victor demos. > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l62x8Oq_QP4 > > Swift is statically typed with type inference. BUT it has generics and > optional types. So it looks like it tries to let you have the cake and eat it > too. > > It also removes the need for header files , so it really moves away from the > C paradigm. > > There is a quick toor here > > https://developer.apple.com/library/prerelease/ios/documentation/Swift/Conceptual/Swift_Programming_Language/GuidedTour.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40014097-CH2 We have to do some type inference (for tools) some time. Should be fun. (by the way, is there something like that already?) Uko > > > On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 11:29 AM, stepharo <steph...@free.fr> wrote: > > Hi, > > The work on GToolkit goes in this direction. Funny enough, we also have a > Playground :). > > Look here for an example: > http://www.humane-assessment.com/blog/dynamic-exploration-of-a-postgres-db-with-the-gtinspector/ > > More will come in this direction. I happen to believe that this is the area > with the largest potential in Pharo, and it would be great to put more effort > around it. If people have an interest to participate, please just let me know. > > + 1 > > Now my plate is full but I encourage people to join effort. > > Stef > >
