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<p>Hi,<br>
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<p>I think that Smalltalk community is larger that the Squeak one.
Some healthy forks like Cuis or Pharo have small but dynamic
communities behind to serve different interests and community
dynamics. So I think that people interested mostly in education
for children gravitated towards Squeak, others about minimal
design surround Cuis and the more focused on software and data
visualization are around Pharo. I don't think that all the people
is trying to go the next big thing/trend (i.e. functional,
multicore, whatever) and there is a lot of good vibra acroos
Smalltalk communities, as you can see on the Smalltalks (South
America, Argentina) or ESUG (Europe, itinerant). Just last week we
were doing a workshop on data activism and visualization using
moldable tools in Medellín, Colombia, that is more related with
young and adults "data literacy" and critical education (details
and galleries on [1]).</p>
<p>[1] <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mutabit.com/offray/blog/en/entry/ds-twitter-mockup">http://mutabit.com/offray/blog/en/entry/ds-twitter-mockup</a><br>
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So is not like forking as a Holy War between dialects, but forking
as a way to explore interconnected diversities with Smalltalk and
its legacy. I don't know what is happening in the United States,
closely since 2007, but I think that Smalltalk is pretty alive and
diverse if you know where to look.<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
<br>
Offray<br>
<br>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 03/08/16 10:00, Joseph Alotta wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:8D4311CF-094B-4273-BCCB-A8221A7753AD@gmail.com"
type="cite">> <br>
> 1. The community seems TINY for such a cool project. At this
point it seems to mainly consist of people in academics and
"old-timers" that have stuck around since a time when Squeak was
more popular. Is this correct or am I maybe not looking in the
right places? <br>
> <br>
> It seems a shame if such an amazing project were to die out
because of lack of popularity, considering all the possibilities
that this level of intractability with the programming environment
enables. <br>
<br>
I’m trying to change that. I’ve started a meetup group in the
Chicago area for learning Squeak. I am hoping to have a lot of
young people get interested in it.
<br>
<br>
I have programmed in many languages and I find smalltalk to be the
easiest to read and understand. I’ve written code in come
languages, that 6 months later was completely foreign to me. I
couldn’t remember what I was thinking when I wrote it, nor even if
I wrote it.
<br>
<br>
With smalltalk, I don’t find that. I actually enjoy programming.
<br>
<br>
Sincerely,
<br>
<br>
Joe.
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