[Newbies] what no Smalltalk at OOPSLA2006?

[stéphane ducasse]

true!
May be next year we should propose a Smalltalk tutorial.

Stef

On 2 sept. 06, at 14:02, Ralph Johnson wrote:

> The main reason there aren't any Smalltalk related events at OOPSLA is
> that people don't propose them.  Posters, workshops and demos accept
> nearly all the proposals, so if you don't see any Smaltalk-related
> posters, workshops and demos then it means there were none proposed.
> OOPSLA accepts less than 20% of the papers that were submitted and
> less than half the tutorials, so the fact that there aren't any of
> these doesn't mean that none were proposed.  It is hard to get papers
> accepted at OOPSLA, but Stephane had some Smalltalk papers accepted
> there recently, so it is still possible.
>
> Certainly Smalltalk no longer has a buzz, but there are enough old
> Smalltalkers on the OOPSLA organizing committees that it is still
> possible to find people who appreciate it.  And there are usually a
> hundred or so Smalltalkers who show up for OOPSLA so they want to have
> some things to make them happy.  I think the main reason there aren't
> more Smalltalk-related events at OOPSLA is because Smalltalkers don't
> propose them.
>
> -Ralph
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