Re: [Pharo-project] {Spam?} Names for the pharo scripting syntax

2009-01-20 Thread Alexandre Bergel
>> I would pick something that meant free (liberated) or light >> weight. I >> can't think of many at the moment but how about wisp or crest (of a >> wave) > > > crest is nice :) > Central Resistant Emancipating Smalltalk > > French: > écume I like crest and éc

Re: [Pharo-project] {Spam?} Names for the pharo scripting syntax

2009-01-20 Thread Stéphane Ducasse
On Jan 20, 2009, at 9:06 AM, Michael Roberts wrote: > +1 > I would pick something that meant free (liberated) or light weight. I > can't think of many at the moment but how about wisp or crest (of a > wave) crest is nice :) Central Resistant Emancipating Smalltalk

Re: [Pharo-project] {Spam?} Names for the pharo scripting syntax

2009-01-20 Thread Michael Roberts
+1 I would pick something that meant free (liberated) or light weight. I can't think of many at the moment but how about wisp or crest (of a wave) Mike On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 7:48 AM, Stéphane Ducasse wrote: > We want a real scripting syntax not with !! > I will not reopen the story: wait and

Re: [Pharo-project] {Spam?} Names for the pharo scripting syntax

2009-01-20 Thread Stéphane Ducasse
Hi guys, sorry to be blunt but I will ***NOT*** discuss this topic on this list. I'm tired. We are a couple that want to write ruby-like script in pharo with a smalltalk syntax but we want something else that !! as delimiter. So we have a first version and we will use it for our scripting wis

Re: [Pharo-project] {Spam?} Names for the pharo scripting syntax

2009-01-19 Thread Stéphane Ducasse
We want a real scripting syntax not with !! I will not reopen the story: wait and see. This is since two years that we have that nearly ready but never suceeded to release it. On Jan 19, 2009, at 11:23 PM, Bill Schwab wrote: > Stef, > > My first reaction is "why is it not Smalltalk?" Not the

Re: [Pharo-project] {Spam?} Names for the pharo scripting syntax

2009-01-19 Thread Igor Stasenko
2009/1/20 Serge Stinckwich : > > > 2009/1/20 Damien Pollet >> >> On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 00:47, Igor Stasenko wrote: >> >> My first reaction is "why is it not Smalltalk?" Not the name, but the >> >> language itself. Is there something I missed/should read to understand >> >> it? >> > >> > +1 ,

Re: [Pharo-project] {Spam?} Names for the pharo scripting syntax

2009-01-19 Thread Serge Stinckwich
2009/1/20 Damien Pollet > On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 00:47, Igor Stasenko wrote: > >> My first reaction is "why is it not Smalltalk?" Not the name, but the > language itself. Is there something I missed/should read to understand it? > > > > +1 , i don't understand too, what makes 'scripting' in s

Re: [Pharo-project] {Spam?} Names for the pharo scripting syntax

2009-01-19 Thread Bill Schwab
Damien, Stef, You guys are smart - ok, so that's an understatement. If you say we need a scripting language, we need one. However, I urge you to consider a chain of doits, maybe some cascades thrown in, and facades involving class methods. It seems that would provide a LOT of functionality if d

Re: [Pharo-project] {Spam?} Names for the pharo scripting syntax

2009-01-19 Thread Damien Pollet
On Tue, Jan 20, 2009 at 00:47, Igor Stasenko wrote: >> My first reaction is "why is it not Smalltalk?" Not the name, but the >> language itself. Is there something I missed/should read to understand it? > > +1 , i don't understand too, what makes 'scripting' in smalltalk too > different than wr

Re: [Pharo-project] {Spam?} Names for the pharo scripting syntax

2009-01-19 Thread Igor Stasenko
2009/1/20 Bill Schwab : > Stef, > > My first reaction is "why is it not Smalltalk?" Not the name, but the > language itself. Is there something I missed/should read to understand it? > +1 , i don't understand too, what makes 'scripting' in smalltalk too different than writing in smalltalk :) >

Re: [Pharo-project] {Spam?} Names for the pharo scripting syntax

2009-01-19 Thread Bill Schwab
Stef, My first reaction is "why is it not Smalltalk?" Not the name, but the language itself. Is there something I missed/should read to understand it? Bill Wilhelm K. Schwab, Ph.D. University of Florida Department of Anesthesiology PO Box 100254 Gainesville, FL 32610-0254 Email: bsch...@an