Re: [Pharo-dev] good article on mainstream adoption of programming languages

2014-04-30 Thread Eliot Miranda
Hi Johan, On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 10:57 AM, Johan Brichau wrote: > Since this discussion often returns on this mailinglist, here is a good > article. > > It focuses on Haskell, but a lot of arguments apply to Smalltalk as well. > > > http://www.forbes.com/sites/quora/2014/04/29/what-do-you-thin

Re: [Pharo-dev] good article on mainstream adoption of programming languages

2014-04-30 Thread Johan Brichau
Eliot, > if possible, next time provide the quora link not the forbes one. forbes is > advertising at me :-( OK, but I am not an active Quora user... and it's asking me for a lot of things before I can actually read that article :-/ Now that I have wrestled through it, the next time I will do

Re: [Pharo-dev] a Pharo talk from a ruby conference

2014-04-30 Thread Jimmie Houchin
On 04/28/2014 11:12 AM, Marcus Denker wrote: … more a Smalltalk one using Pharo: MountainWest RubyConf 2014 Noel Rappin: "But Really, You Should Learn Smalltalk” Smalltalk has mystique. We talk about it more than we use it. It seems like it should be so similar to Ruby. It has similar Object-

Re: [Pharo-dev] how can I have a working roassal 3d ?

2014-04-30 Thread Ronie Salgado
Hi Clément, There is not a stable version available, in fact Roassal3D requires the bleeding edge version of NBOpenGL to work, which is producing your error. Try loading Roassal3D using the following Gofer script, which is available in the Roassal3D smalltalk hub http://smalltalkhub.com/#!/~ronsal

Re: [Pharo-dev] a Pharo talk from a ruby conference

2014-04-30 Thread Esteban A. Maringolo
2014-04-30 15:07 GMT-03:00 Jimmie Houchin : > Here is an unfortunate quote from that thread. > > """ > emaringolo 1 point an hour ago > Pharo is aimed to do serious/business development, and it's been reshaping > itself since its conception (several years ago when it forked from Squeak). > It doesn

Re: [Pharo-dev] a Pharo talk from a ruby conference

2014-04-30 Thread Jimmie Houchin
But that is the point. This kind of marketing is false. It denies who we are. As soon as they look at Pharo. Learn to use and then learn that Pharo is a Smalltalk and that we are liars. Did keeping silent about Pharo help in the Reddit thread. No. Did the current marketing explain well what P

Re: [Pharo-dev] good article on mainstream adoption of programming languages

2014-04-30 Thread kilon alios
he/she lost me at "The benefit of more libraries is real but marginal" thats a a big nope from me. If there is one lesson we can learn from Java is that more libraries is EVERYTHING. On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 9:29 PM, Johan Brichau wrote: > Eliot, > > > if possible, next time provide the quora

Re: [Pharo-dev] a Pharo talk from a ruby conference

2014-04-30 Thread Esteban Lorenzano
Some days a I really would love not to love smalltalk... > On 30 Apr 2014, at 20:52, Jimmie Houchin wrote: > > But that is the point. This kind of marketing is false. It denies who we are. > > As soon as they look at Pharo. Learn to use and then learn that Pharo is a > Smalltalk and that we ar

Re: [Pharo-dev] good article on mainstream adoption of programming languages

2014-04-30 Thread Sebastian Sastre
On Apr 30, 2014, at 3:52 PM, kilon alios wrote: > he/she lost me at "The benefit of more libraries is real but marginal" > > thats a a big nope from me. > > If there is one lesson we can learn from Java is that more libraries is > EVERYTHING. not to mention Javascript and the Nodiverse

Re: [Pharo-dev] good article on mainstream adoption of programming languages

2014-04-30 Thread Johan Brichau
Is that cause or consequence of popularity? Johan > On 30 Apr 2014, at 20:58, Sebastian Sastre > wrote: > > >> On Apr 30, 2014, at 3:52 PM, kilon alios wrote: >> >> he/she lost me at "The benefit of more libraries is real but marginal" >> >> thats a a big nope from me. >> >> If there is

Re: [Pharo-dev] good article on mainstream adoption of programming languages

2014-04-30 Thread Sebastian Sastre
On Apr 30, 2014, at 4:11 PM, Johan Brichau wrote: > Is that cause or consequence of popularity? > > Johan Past the tipping point it starts to feel as consequence. People gets attracted to what people pays attention to. No attention, no business http://sebastianconcept.com/brandIt/no-attentio

Re: [Pharo-dev] how can I have a working roassal 3d ?

2014-04-30 Thread Sven Van Caekenberghe
Ronnie, The point of the Configuration Browser is to load #stable configurations, if those do not exist or cannot be produced, than the configuration should no be there I think. The goal of the Configuration Browser is to make it super easy for users to load something with just one click. I tr

Re: [Pharo-dev] a Pharo talk from a ruby conference

2014-04-30 Thread Sebastian Sastre
On Apr 30, 2014, at 3:22 PM, Esteban Lorenzano wrote: > We choose not to *market* Pharo as a Smalltalk, because each time someone > outside our small world hear about Smalltalk believes that is a long time > dead language Then it’s a failed decision as Reddit reactions proves. What’s better

Re: [Pharo-dev] good article on mainstream adoption of programming languages

2014-04-30 Thread Johan Brichau
The point I take home from the article is that every popular language became popular for a reason. None of those reasons where good design or the presence of libraries. Javascript because it's the only language that runs in a browser. Java and C# because they have corporate backings. Ruby becaus

Re: [Pharo-dev] good article on mainstream adoption of programming languages

2014-04-30 Thread kilon alios
For me at least , the way I see it is that each coder is special. We all can find common ground, but we can all find differences. As a coder you want a library to solve the specific problem you had at this point, it maybe it a small one or a big one. Having more libraries ensures that you will be m

Re: [Pharo-dev] a Pharo talk from a ruby conference

2014-04-30 Thread vfclists .
On 30 April 2014 19:33, Esteban A. Maringolo wrote: > 2014-04-30 15:07 GMT-03:00 Jimmie Houchin : > > Here is an unfortunate quote from that thread. > > > > """ > > emaringolo 1 point an hour ago > > Pharo is aimed to do serious/business development, and it's been > reshaping > > itself since its

Re: [Pharo-dev] good article on mainstream adoption of programming languages

2014-04-30 Thread kilon alios
"Javascript because it's the only language that runs in a browser" Eh nope Every language out there runs in the Browser. Actually you will find more than one implementation for each language. Yes they compile to Javascript but then that does not mean anything. Every language on Desktop compiles t

Re: [Pharo-dev] good article on mainstream adoption of programming languages

2014-04-30 Thread Johan Brichau
> Yet it worked like a charm because developers loved the fact that they had in > their hand a huge monolithic platform that could satisfy their wildest dream > as far as library support went through. And on top that platform was cross > platform. Sounds like Smalltalk :-) Don't get me wrong

[Pharo-dev] [OT] The Sociological Science Behind Social Networks and Social Influence

2014-04-30 Thread Sebastian Sastre
Not exactly pharo-dev related but people related and Pharo is done by people and this might contribute to understand the dynamics of people: Nicholas Christakis: The Sociological Science Behind Social Networks and Social Influence http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wadBvDPeE4E

Re: [Pharo-dev] good article on mainstream adoption of programming languages

2014-04-30 Thread Johan Brichau
> On 30 Apr 2014, at 21:51, kilon alios wrote: > > Every language out there runs in the Browser You may know this: https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/the-birth-and-death-of-javascript Johan

Re: [Pharo-dev] a Pharo talk from a ruby conference

2014-04-30 Thread kilon alios
We should not forget the "Java is dead" craze over a decade ago. It was the time where dynamic language like python and ruby were gaining a lot of traction but here we are a decade later and Java is alive and kicking. I seriously doubt that there are a lot of people out there that take "Smalltalk

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo RPi and FileSystem error

2014-04-30 Thread jannik laval
Thank you guys, I will try to find something that does not break Phratch. Cheers, Jannik 2014-04-30 19:43 GMT+02:00 Sven Van Caekenberghe : > I thought that we did that already: > > OSEnvironment class>>#isAvailable > NativeBoost class>>#isAvailable > PlatformIndependentEnvironment > > No ?

Re: [Pharo-dev] a Pharo talk from a ruby conference

2014-04-30 Thread Sean P. DeNigris
sebast...@flowingconcept.com wrote > Then it’s a failed decision as Reddit reactions proves. I think that's a bit premature. The reaction on Reddit was because there was no mention on the Pharo site/release-notice of Smalltalk *anywhere*. There was no path to take people from the sound bite to the

[Pharo-dev] Pharo is Smalltalk… and Not

2014-04-30 Thread Sean P. DeNigris
All of the arguments why Pharo is Smalltalk are correct. Let me tell you a story... My friends and I are planning a trip to Spain. I am explaining that in Spanish, "yo" - which means "hi" in English slang - means "l". They are arguing passionately that "yo" means "hi" and presenting evidence upon

Re: [Pharo-dev] good article on mainstream adoption of programming languages

2014-04-30 Thread kilon alios
I am sorry but again a big NO from me. I am interested in two field, Graphics (2D and 3D) and music/audio synthesis. Both of these fields are dominated by C/C++. You could say is because of the fact that C/C++ is heavily optimised and of course I would agree but its not that of a big reason becau

Re: [Pharo-dev] New Website online

2014-04-30 Thread Tudor Girba
Excellent work! Thank you: Nico, Esteban, Marcus! Doru On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 4:44 PM, Esteban Lorenzano wrote: > yeah, and don’t forget Nico’s effort :) > I put him real pressure on him last 3 weeks, and he took it without > complain… and he did a great work :) > > Esteban > > On 30 Apr 2014

Re: [Pharo-dev] a Pharo talk from a ruby conference

2014-04-30 Thread Jimmie Houchin
I understand. My apologies for contributing to one of those days. For me that day was while I was reading this thread and watching Doru and Sean arguing with Eliot. It almost made me want to go back to Squeak. Not that I am saying there is anything wrong with Squeak. They were firmly arguing t

Re: [Pharo-dev] a Pharo talk from a ruby conference

2014-04-30 Thread Sean P. DeNigris
I was reading this thread and watching... Sean arguing... that Pharo is NOT Smalltalk No As I and Esteban (at least, maybe others) have repeated, *we are NOT saying that Pharo is not Smalltalk*. Either we're not explaining ourselves well or (more likely IMHO) everyone is so emotional over

[Pharo-dev] Pharo renamed to "MuchTalk"

2014-04-30 Thread oscar@gmail
Holy smoley! 117 emails since I checked a few hours ago? Maybe we should rename Pharo “Prolix”? :-) on

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo is Smalltalk… and Not

2014-04-30 Thread Sean P. DeNigris
Here's my musings about how we integrate the two motives - to acknowledge our heritage /and/ break out of our pigeon hole. My key point here is to gradually introduce the Smalltalk part after people are deep enough to have gotten excited about the ideas without dismissing them because of cultural b

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo renamed to "MuchTalk"

2014-04-30 Thread Sean P. DeNigris
onierstrasz wrote > 117 emails since I checked a few hours ago? 110 of those were mine, sorry :-P Signing off for today... - Cheers, Sean -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-renamed-to-MuchTalk-tp4757347p4757349.html Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Developers mailin

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo is Smalltalk… and Not

2014-04-30 Thread Andreas Wacknitz
Why not just 'Pharo is a Smalltalk for the 21st century. What we have now C#, Java and the like will try to „invent" during the next thirty years! If you want the future now come and take a closer look...' Andreas

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo renamed to "MuchTalk"

2014-04-30 Thread kilon alios
Personally I am very interested to see how developers see Pharo, because the way they see it is also the future of Pharo the directions it is going. So while some may find these type of discussion derailing its very important for the direction of Pharo. Even though its very important to add code t

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo RPi and FileSystem error

2014-04-30 Thread Jean Baptiste Arnaud
On rasp there a re no native boost and no OSProcess for now but OSProcess seems work well on my own Jenkins job. After few test I will send a pull request. Here is a OSProcess added version of the rasp VM https://ci.inria.fr/pharo-contribution/view/ARM-Experimentation/job/RaspberryPi-Cross-Compila

Re: [Pharo-dev] how can I have a working roassal 3d ?

2014-04-30 Thread Ronie Salgado
Hi Sven, About the configuration browser, I don't know why Roassal 3D it is there, because currently is highly unstable and it is going to keep being for a while. We are still missing lot of features and we need to fix lot of bugs. As for the black boxes, that is a shader issue which I could repro

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo renamed to "MuchTalk"

2014-04-30 Thread Sven Van Caekenberghe
We have that list too: Page 3 of http://www.pharo-project.org/download/pictures/be/j32hajf3kjdbsebqo0a9zc5tk8ekxt/pharovision.pdf Or this version: http://lists.pharo.org/pipermail/pharo-users_lists.pharo.org/2012-May/004059.html Now that I see this list again, I feel that it should be part of

Re: [Pharo-dev] how can I have a working roassal 3d ?

2014-04-30 Thread Sven Van Caekenberghe
On 30 Apr 2014, at 23:48, Ronie Salgado wrote: > Hi Sven, > > About the configuration browser, I don't know why Roassal 3D it is there, > because currently is highly unstable and it is going to keep being for a > while. We are still missing lot of features and we need to fix lot of bugs. I s

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo renamed to "MuchTalk"

2014-04-30 Thread kilon alios
yeap definitely sounds a like a good idea to me :) On Thu, May 1, 2014 at 12:52 AM, Sven Van Caekenberghe wrote: > We have that list too: > > Page 3 of > http://www.pharo-project.org/download/pictures/be/j32hajf3kjdbsebqo0a9zc5tk8ekxt/pharovision.pdf > > Or this version: > > > http://lists.phar

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo 3.0 / Roassal2 / Ubuntu

2014-04-30 Thread Nicolai Hess
2014-04-30 20:03 GMT+02:00 Sven Van Caekenberghe : > I just tried on Mac OS X and that worked fine, you have to make sure that > you use the latest VM I guess. I believe the required libraries come with > the VM. But I am an inexperienced user on this area. > > On 30 Apr 2014, at 19:53, volk...@ni

[Pharo-dev] Usage of should: in tests

2014-04-30 Thread Nicolas Cellier
Hi, I see many usage of #should: in SciSmalltalk tests that could simply be turned into #assert: or eventually #assert:equals: Why wanting to use a block? Other than #should:raise: and #shouldnt:raise:, I don't really see the point of #should: alone anyway... IMO should: should be deprecated, les

Re: [Pharo-dev] Usage of should: in tests

2014-04-30 Thread Nicolas Cellier
Some not so different opinion: http://joachimtuchel.wordpress.com/2011/09/15/sunit-and-shouldshouldnt-vs-assertdeny/ 2014-05-01 0:52 GMT+02:00 Nicolas Cellier < nicolas.cellier.aka.n...@gmail.com>: > Hi, > I see many usage of #should: in SciSmalltalk tests that could simply be > turned into #ass

Re: [Pharo-dev] how can I have a working roassal 3d ?

2014-04-30 Thread Clément Bera
2014-04-30 11:32 GMT-07:00 Ronie Salgado : > Hi Clément, > > There is not a stable version available, in fact Roassal3D requires the > bleeding edge version of NBOpenGL to work, which is producing your error. > Try loading Roassal3D using the following Gofer script, which is available > in the Roa

Re: [Pharo-dev] a Pharo talk from a ruby conference

2014-04-30 Thread Jimmie Houchin
Let me reply to this as it is my quote you are quoting. On 04/30/2014 03:34 PM, Sean P. DeNigris wrote: I was reading this thread and watching... Sean arguing... that Pharo is NOT Smalltalk No As I and Esteban (at least, maybe others) have repeated, *we are NOT saying that Pharo is not

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo 3.0 / Roassal2 / Ubuntu

2014-04-30 Thread Alexandre Bergel
Hi Volkert, You need to install the true type font. Unfortunately, Pharo3 does not do it for you. I guess this will be fixed in the next release of Pharo. I have made a very short video on how to install Roassal2 from scratch: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/31543901/TMP/InstallingTrueTypeFo

Re: [Pharo-dev] how can I have a working roassal 3d ?

2014-04-30 Thread Ronie Salgado
You don't draw a shape with an array of points, unless you are using a voxel engine or a volumetric renderer. In 3D graphics you usually are drawing surfaces composed of triangles. There's R3MeshBuilder and R3MeshShape for drawing generic meshes. I believe there examples are a bit hidden. For each

Re: [Pharo-dev] how can I have a working roassal 3d ?

2014-04-30 Thread Alexandre Bergel
Yes Ronie, we need a stable version :-) It is important to always expose what we have, else it get forgotten too easily... Alexandre On Apr 30, 2014, at 6:48 PM, Ronie Salgado wrote: > Hi Sven, > > About the configuration browser, I don't know why Roassal 3D it is there, > because currently

[Pharo-dev] Unix interop (was: a Pharo talk from a ruby conference)

2014-04-30 Thread David T. Lewis
On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 07:15:30AM -0700, Sean P. DeNigris wrote: > > Same goes with Unix interop. REPL is easy, but is it documented and > marketed? What would it take to easily pipe output of other programs to > Pharo? Maybe be able to sourceCodeString exportAsUnixCommand: > '/usr/bin/my_cool_co

Re: [Pharo-dev] how can I have a working roassal 3d ?

2014-04-30 Thread Clément Bera
OK, I didn't know it was that complex, I've always used 2D or 3D isometric until now. So I can't do it it would take me too much time :-( I can't wait to see your fractal terrain demo. Keep us in touch. 2014-04-30 18:37 GMT-07:00 Ronie Salgado : > You don't draw a shape with an array of points

[Pharo-dev] Pharo 3 and Sound

2014-04-30 Thread jannik laval
I remember that the VM+ plugin were fixed. But these changes seems not present in Pharo3-win (installer zip). After loading PharoSound from ConfigurationBrowser, I execute this line: SoundPlayer boinkScale On MacOS it works, not on Windows Cheers -- ~~Jannik Laval~~ École des Mines de Douai

[Pharo-dev] Pharo on RPi

2014-04-30 Thread Goubier Thierry
Hi all, I'd like to know what is the status of Pharo on the RPi? It would be to use it with serial port communications and seaside development. Thanks, Thierry -- Thierry Goubier CEA list Laboratoire des Fondations des Systèmes Temps Réel Embarqués 91191 Gif sur Yvette Cedex France Phone/Fax:

[Pharo-dev] SuffixConditionals

2014-04-30 Thread Torsten Bergmann
SuffixConditionals adds #if: and #unless methods to BlockClosure. Currently in VisualWorks but can be ported to other Smalltalks (like Pharo) as well. Read here: http://forum.world.st/ANN-SuffixConditionals-td4755785.html Code is on Cincom Public Repo and snaphots on https://github.com/randycou

[Pharo-dev] [Fuel] Serialize and materialize to GZip

2014-04-30 Thread roberto.mine...@usi.ch
Hi, Following the Fuel test FLUserGuidesTest>>#testGZip I discovered that I can serialize and materialize to and from GZip archives. Cool! I tried with some small test object and it worked like a charm. When I tried with a large object… Serialization - It does not work, the image instantly cra

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo on RPi

2014-04-30 Thread jannik laval
I have a Phratch that begin to work on RPi ( https://ci.inria.fr/pharo-contribution/view/Phratch/job/Phratch-OneClick-RPi/ ). So, you can probably use Pharo 3 Now I have problems with FileSystem, I will ask in another thread. Jannik 2014-04-30 11:01 GMT+02:00 Goubier Thierry : > Hi all, > > I'

[Pharo-dev] Pharo RPi and FileSystem error

2014-04-30 Thread jannik laval
Hi all, I have an error on Pharo 3, with RPi. The error is UnixResolver>>Can't find the request origin To reproduce it, just run this line: --- FileLocator home exists Thank you for your help. -- ~~Jannik Laval~~ École des Mines de Douai Enseignant-chercheur http://www.jannik-laval.eu http://

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo on RPi

2014-04-30 Thread Goubier Thierry
Le 30/04/2014 11:58, jannik laval a écrit : I have a Phratch that begin to work on RPi (https://ci.inria.fr/pharo-contribution/view/Phratch/job/Phratch-OneClick-RPi/). So, you can probably use Pharo 3 Thanks. I'll start moving the infrastructure there then. Thierry Now I have problems wit

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo on RPi

2014-04-30 Thread Jean Baptiste Arnaud
The status of Rpi. The VM work as a StackVM linux one, Except for: - Sound (recent bug will be fixed soon), - NativeBoost (arm), - FFI (recent change from Doug will be here soon) and OsProcess (I just don not try it yet but I didn't look at it). I thi

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo RPi and FileSystem error

2014-04-30 Thread Jean Baptiste Arnaud
This bug turn around since the first release of Rpi VM, It can be solve completely in the image side by just patching it. Until we have a better solution. We used in the 3.0 image NativeBoost to get all the env variable. So when you ask origin it try NativeBoost, that do not work. And UnixResolv

[Pharo-dev] [pharo-project/pharo-core]

2014-04-30 Thread GitHub
Branch: refs/tags/30846 Home: https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-core

[Pharo-dev] [pharo-project/pharo-core] 716f48: 30846

2014-04-30 Thread GitHub
Branch: refs/heads/3.0 Home: https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-core Commit: 716f48dcd77dce7178bf76b381e5a75e192c8aec https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-core/commit/716f48dcd77dce7178bf76b381e5a75e192c8aec Author: Jenkins Build Server Date: 2014-04-30 (Wed, 30 Apr 2014

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo on RPi

2014-04-30 Thread Goubier Thierry
Thanks JB! This is really great! Thierry Le 30/04/2014 13:18, Jean Baptiste Arnaud a écrit : The status of Rpi. The VM work as a StackVM linux one, Except for: - Sound (recent bug will be fixed soon), - NativeBoost (arm), - FFI (recent change from Doug will be here soon) and OsProcess (I just d

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pen back in the image

2014-04-30 Thread Sean P. DeNigris
philippeback wrote > I'd like to see the Pen class coming back in the main image. Answered at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22737674/wheres-the-pen-class-in-pharo Gofer it squeaksource: 'PharoNonCorePackages'; package: 'BitBltPen'; load. Then you can "Display restoreAfter: [Pen

Re: [Pharo-dev] SuffixConditionals

2014-04-30 Thread Sean P. DeNigris
Torsten Bergmann wrote > SuffixConditionals adds #if: and #unless methods to BlockClosure. > Currently in VisualWorks but can be ported to other Smalltalks (like > Pharo) as well. Good idea! It is MIT and would be a great bridge for a Ruby community in the spirit of http://forum.world.st/a-Pharo-t

Re: [Pharo-dev] [Fuel] Serialize and materialize to GZip

2014-04-30 Thread Mariano Martinez Peck
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 6:33 AM, roberto.mine...@usi.ch < roberto.mine...@usi.ch> wrote: > Hi, > > Following the Fuel test FLUserGuidesTest>>#testGZip I discovered that I > can serialize and materialize to and from GZip archives. Cool! > > I tried with some small test object and it worked like a c

Re: [Pharo-dev] [pharo-project/pharo-core]

2014-04-30 Thread Marcus Denker
On 29 Apr 2014, at 16:13, Eliot Miranda wrote: > Hi Marcus, > > > On Apr 29, 2014, at 6:31 AM, Marcus Denker wrote: > >> >> On 29 Apr 2014, at 15:29, Eliot Miranda wrote: >> >>> Without any information on what has been changed these GitHub messages are >>> almost pure noise. It's more t

Re: [Pharo-dev] a Pharo talk from a ruby conference

2014-04-30 Thread Esteban A. Maringolo
I did a simple test, googled for "smalltalk jobs", and the fourth result was a link to this page: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?WhyIsSmalltalkDead, which contains historical info and some rants about the ups and downs of Smalltalk use. But had a link to a Paul Graham's essay I read many years ago, which

Re: [Pharo-dev] SuffixConditionals

2014-04-30 Thread Torsten Bergmann
As it is MIT I ported it to Pharo: Code is available on http://smalltalkhub.com/#!/~TorstenBergmann/SuffixConditionals One can load it from the config browser Bye T. > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 30. April 2014 um 14:29 Uhr > Von: "Sean P. DeNigris" > An: pharo-dev@lists.pharo.org > Betreff: Re: [Phar

Re: [Pharo-dev] SuffixConditionals

2014-04-30 Thread Sean P. DeNigris
On Apr 30, 2014, at 9:59 AM, Torsten Bergmann [via Smalltalk] wrote: > As it is MIT I ported it to Pharo: Cool! Thanks :) Was it straightforward to port? I haven’t ported anything from VW in a while. Xtreams was in my sights - we did a proof of concept with filetree and cyprus mapping namespa

Re: [Pharo-dev] SuffixConditionals

2014-04-30 Thread Esteban A. Maringolo
Thanks Torsten. I've been using my own favorite suffix conditional: #haltIfTrue. Regards! Esteban A. Maringolo 2014-04-30 10:57 GMT-03:00 Torsten Bergmann : > As it is MIT I ported it to Pharo: > > Code is available on > http://smalltalkhub.com/#!/~TorstenBergmann/SuffixConditionals > > One can

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo 3.0 Released!

2014-04-30 Thread Esteban Lorenzano
reddit: http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/24d9d2/pharo_30_the_immersive_live_environment_released/ On 30 Apr 2014, at 16:01, Esteban Lorenzano wrote: > Dear World, > > Pharo 3.0 (http://www.pharo.org) is here. > > > > The past year seemed short as we got busy building more than

Re: [Pharo-dev] SuffixConditionals

2014-04-30 Thread Torsten Bergmann
It was a "no-brainer", I did'nt even load the code into VisualWorks (which I do not have installed these days as I have no up to date copy/version). I just checked https://github.com/randycoulman/SuffixConditionals, the *.pst files are XML files and are therefore readable. 3 extension methods if:

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo 3.0 Released!

2014-04-30 Thread Esteban Lorenzano
and is also at ycombinator thumbs up! Esteban On 30 Apr 2014, at 16:14, Esteban Lorenzano wrote: > reddit: > > http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/24d9d2/pharo_30_the_immersive_live_environment_released/ > > > On 30 Apr 2014, at 16:01, Esteban Lorenzano wrote: > >> Dear World,

[Pharo-dev] New Website online

2014-04-30 Thread Marcus Denker
Hi, The new website is online! http://pharo.org For now, pharo-project.org still is the old website. Next: pharo-project.org should forward to pharo.org, it will still be available as old.pharo-project.org for some time. Thanks a lot to Nico http://nicolas-petton.fr,

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo 3.0 Released!

2014-04-30 Thread Sven Van Caekenberghe
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7673462 On 30 Apr 2014, at 16:24, Esteban Lorenzano wrote: > and is also at ycombinator > > thumbs up! > > Esteban > > > On 30 Apr 2014, at 16:14, Esteban Lorenzano wrote: > >> reddit: >> >> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/24d9d2/pharo_30

Re: [Pharo-dev] [pharo-project/pharo-core]

2014-04-30 Thread Eliot Miranda
Hi Marcus, On Apr 30, 2014, at 6:42 AM, Marcus Denker wrote: > > On 29 Apr 2014, at 16:13, Eliot Miranda wrote: > >> Hi Marcus, >> >> >> On Apr 29, 2014, at 6:31 AM, Marcus Denker wrote: >> >>> >>> On 29 Apr 2014, at 15:29, Eliot Miranda wrote: >>> Without any information on what

Re: [Pharo-dev] [ANN]: Little NeoJSON Helper

2014-04-30 Thread Sean P. DeNigris
Okay, here is version 0.1 - the most basic useful functionality to aid in writing mappings. "Assuming Neo-JSON-Core is loaded" Gofer it smalltalkhubUser: 'SeanDeNigris' project: 'SeansPlayground'; package: 'Neo-JSON-Utilities'; load. Now if you: reader := NeoJSONRe

Re: [Pharo-dev] SuffixConditionals

2014-04-30 Thread Sean P. DeNigris
> I just checked https://github.com/randycoulman/SuffixConditionals, the *.pst > files are XML files and are therefore readable Ha, cool! - Cheers, Sean -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/SuffixConditionals-tp4757183p4757248.html Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Develop

Re: [Pharo-dev] New Website online

2014-04-30 Thread Sean P. DeNigris
Marcus Denker-4 wrote > The new website is online! Wow! Instantly obvious that Aurelia was involved because it has that "well designed" look instead of our usual "I'm an engineer trying my best" look, lol ;-P - Cheers, Sean -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/New-Website

Re: [Pharo-dev] New Website online

2014-04-30 Thread Esteban Lorenzano
yeah, and don’t forget Nico’s effort :) I put him real pressure on him last 3 weeks, and he took it without complain… and he did a great work :) Esteban On 30 Apr 2014, at 16:35, Sean P. DeNigris wrote: > Marcus Denker-4 wrote >> The new website is online! > > Wow! Instantly obvious that Aur

Re: [Pharo-dev] New Website online

2014-04-30 Thread Esteban A. Maringolo
2014-04-30 11:35 GMT-03:00 Sean P. DeNigris : > Marcus Denker-4 wrote >> The new website is online! > > Wow! Instantly obvious that Aurelia was involved because it has that "well > designed" look instead of our usual "I'm an engineer trying my best" look, > lol ;-P +1 The design is really nice. C

Re: [Pharo-dev] New Website online

2014-04-30 Thread Sean P. DeNigris
EstebanLM wrote > yeah, and don’t forget Nico’s effort :) I didn't actually *do* anything with the site yet, just enjoyed the look, so I was saving that praise ;) - Cheers, Sean -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/New-Website-online-tp4757241p4757252.html Sent from the P

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo 3.0 Released!

2014-04-30 Thread Torsten Bergmann
Also on DZONE http://www.dzone.com/links/pharo_30_is_out_the_live_programming_environment.html > Gesendet: Mittwoch, 30. April 2014 um 16:27 Uhr > Von: "Sven Van Caekenberghe" > An: "Pharo Development List" > Cc: "Any question about pharo is welcome" > Betreff: Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo 3.0 Relea

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo 3.0 Released!

2014-04-30 Thread Sven Van Caekenberghe
Today is a great day ! I am really proud to be part of this community and thankful for the contributions and hard work of so many people. This is a very important milestone while the future looks even brighter. Sven On 30 Apr 2014, at 16:01, Esteban Lorenzano wrote: > Dear World, > > Pharo

Re: [Pharo-dev] [pharo-project/pharo-core]

2014-04-30 Thread Sean P. DeNigris
Eliot Miranda-2 wrote > Do they have a feedback channel through which you could ask? Why don't > you ask them? Their feedback channel is unbelievable given how most companies handle customer service - you contact them via github.com, and a real, knowledgable person gets back to you... I've reache

Re: [Pharo-dev] New Website online

2014-04-30 Thread Esteban A. Maringolo
>From Reddit, a reader has a good point: "Ok, but WTF is Pharo? A new OS, A language/gui, A dockeresque container system, Wordpress clone? What!!! Novice tip. On your about page include answers to What does it do? Why would I want it? Don't include a mission statement..." Maybe we should be more

Re: [Pharo-dev] New Website online

2014-04-30 Thread Ben Coman
Sean P. DeNigris wrote: Marcus Denker-4 wrote The new website is online! Wow! Instantly obvious that Aurelia was involved because it has that "well designed" look instead of our usual "I'm an engineer trying my best" look, lol ;-P Lots of white space. Love it.  Its

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo 3.0 Released!

2014-04-30 Thread Sven Van Caekenberghe
We need more votes & comments to get to the front page ! On 30 Apr 2014, at 16:27, Sven Van Caekenberghe wrote: > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7673462 > > On 30 Apr 2014, at 16:24, Esteban Lorenzano wrote: > >> and is also at ycombinator >> >> thumbs up! >> >> Esteban >> >> >> On

Re: [Pharo-dev] New Website online

2014-04-30 Thread Sean P. DeNigris
Esteban A. Maringolo wrote > "Ok, but WTF is Pharo? A new OS, A language/gui, A dockeresque The pattern from other "cool" language home pages seems to be one sentence with what and why (examples below). Here's a first take leveraging Simon Sinek's advice to "Start With Why" [1]: Do you want tota

Re: [Pharo-dev] New Website online

2014-04-30 Thread Esteban Lorenzano
there you go. I changed the “why pharo” taking your ides and extending them a bit. opinions/contributions are welcome :) Esteban On 30 Apr 2014, at 17:24, Sean P. DeNigris wrote: > Esteban A. Maringolo wrote >> "Ok, but WTF is Pharo? A new OS, A language/gui, A dockeresque > > The pattern fr

Re: [Pharo-dev] a Pharo talk from a ruby conference

2014-04-30 Thread Jimmie Houchin
On 04/28/2014 11:12 AM, Marcus Denker wrote: … more a Smalltalk one using Pharo: MountainWest RubyConf 2014 Noel Rappin: "But Really, You Should Learn Smalltalk” Smalltalk has mystique. We talk about it more than we use it. It seems like it should be so similar to Ruby. It has similar Object-

Re: [Pharo-dev] [Pharo-users] Pharo 3.0 Released!

2014-04-30 Thread Johan Fabry
And a big +1 on that! On Apr 30, 2014, at 11:01 AM, Sven Van Caekenberghe wrote: > Today is a great day ! > > I am really proud to be part of this community and thankful for the > contributions and hard work of so many people. > > This is a very important milestone while the future looks eve

Re: [Pharo-dev] [Pharo-users] New Website online

2014-04-30 Thread Johan Fabry
Slick! Congrats on the site. On Apr 30, 2014, at 10:26 AM, Marcus Denker wrote: > Hi, > > The new website is online! > > http://pharo.org > > For now, pharo-project.org still is the old website. > Next: pharo-project.org should forward to pharo.org, > it will still be available as old

Re: [Pharo-dev] [Pharo-users] Pharo 3.0 Released!

2014-04-30 Thread Alexandre Bergel
big big + 1 Congrat to all of us Alexandre On Apr 30, 2014, at 12:48 PM, Johan Fabry wrote: > > And a big +1 on that! > > On Apr 30, 2014, at 11:01 AM, Sven Van Caekenberghe wrote: > >> Today is a great day ! >> >> I am really proud to be part of this community and thankful for the >> con

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo RPi and FileSystem error

2014-04-30 Thread David T. Lewis
> > There are no NativeBoost on Rpi, FFI or OSProcess. > Basically the fileSystem work, but some data are fetch via env variable > and then NativeBoost. > The solution is to bypass all the request of env variable. > You should use another way until, we finish to integrate a way to request > correct

Re: [Pharo-dev] New Website online

2014-04-30 Thread Sean P. DeNigris
One of Simon Sinek's core ideas is that people "buy" your product because they believe what you believe, and that the why needs to come first to suck them in. Until we decide on the perfect wording, I would at least: - change the heading from "The live programming environment" to "The immersive pr

Re: [Pharo-dev] [Pharo-users] New Website online

2014-04-30 Thread Alexandre Bergel
Yes, well done!! Alexandre On Apr 30, 2014, at 12:48 PM, Johan Fabry wrote: > > Slick! Congrats on the site. > > On Apr 30, 2014, at 10:26 AM, Marcus Denker wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> The new website is online! >> >> http://pharo.org >> >> For now, pharo-project.org still is the old web

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo 3.0 Released!

2014-04-30 Thread p...@highoctane.be
On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 5:01 PM, Sven Van Caekenberghe wrote: > Today is a great day ! > > I am really proud to be part of this community and thankful for the > contributions and hard work of so many people. > > This is a very important milestone while the future looks even brighter. > Very true

Re: [Pharo-dev] a Pharo talk from a ruby conference

2014-04-30 Thread p...@highoctane.be
Pharo := Smalltalk ++ On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 5:43 PM, Jimmie Houchin wrote: > On 04/28/2014 11:12 AM, Marcus Denker wrote: > >> … more a Smalltalk one using Pharo: >> >> MountainWest RubyConf 2014 >> >> Noel Rappin: "But Really, You Should Learn Smalltalk” >> >> Smalltalk has mystique. We t

[Pharo-dev] Mac - Identified Developers

2014-04-30 Thread Ben Coman
From reddit... > My mac complains: "Pharo3.0" can't be opened because it is from an unidentified developer. Your security prefernces allow installation of only apps from the Mac App Store and identified developers. Of course I just can turn off this. But still. What is the constraint to produ

Re: [Pharo-dev] Pharo RPi and FileSystem error

2014-04-30 Thread Douglas McPherson
As a data point, OSProcess works "out-of-the-box" with the Squeak interpreter VM shipped with Raspbian. So should be ok in Pharo, but I haven't tried it. Doug On Apr 30, 2014, at 09:03 , David T. Lewis wrote: >> >> There are no NativeBoost on Rpi, FFI or OSProcess. >> Basically the fileSystem

Re: [Pharo-dev] New Website online

2014-04-30 Thread Sven Van Caekenberghe
+10 I think Sean's suggestions and perspective make a lot of sense. Let's also not forget that he is a native English speaker and we are not. And the whole idea of the new website was mainly about marketing anyway. On 30 Apr 2014, at 18:04, Sean P. DeNigris wrote: > One of Simon Sinek's core

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