Re:Design Principles Behind Smalltalk (1981)
by radiowave on Saturday June 13, 2020 @05:57PM
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Ah, you mean like a version of Python that everyone can agree on!
Joking aside, it's an entirely understandable sentiment, but Smalltalk is not only an old language, but also one that lives in a symbiotic relationship with its tools (which defy the normal notions of language standardisation).
As things stand, if you want a standard, what you're likely to get is a time-capsule. Pharo in particular does not want to be a time-capsule, and while it's certainly been a source of frustration to me that Pharo has existed in such a state of flux for so much of its life, I understand that the change is necessary, and I remain cautiously hopefuly about the direction they're taking.
I'm not a daily user of Pharo, so while I have a rough idea that it is becomming more settled as time passes, I'm not an authority here.
Joking aside, it's an entirely understandable sentiment, but Smalltalk is not only an old language, but also one that lives in a symbiotic relationship with its tools (which defy the normal notions of language standardisation).
As things stand, if you want a standard, what you're likely to get is a time-capsule. Pharo in particular does not want to be a time-capsule, and while it's certainly been a source of frustration to me that Pharo has existed in such a state of flux for so much of its life, I understand that the change is necessary, and I remain cautiously hopefuly about the direction they're taking.
I'm not a daily user of Pharo, so while I have a rough idea that it is becomming more settled as time passes, I'm not an authority here.