Hello
I recently came across Alan Kay's talks on youtube, then that lead me to Dan Ingalls and looking at smalltalk, squeak and object oriented programming as thought up by Alan Kay in the 1960s.
I wonder how come this type of computing isn't the mainstream. We've seen other OS pop up since then that were a lot less capable that got some mainstream success.
It seems like this type of computing gets put in the kiddy corner and most people don't know about it or those who do kinda use it and sometimes people just don't seem to get it.
Has anyone ever though about making a platform where squeak is customized to the hardware, something like android, iphone, bb10 and qnx, etc..
Also if this is the wrong mailing list, can you point me at the correct mailing list for this discussion.
Best, Owen
Hi Owen,
On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 10:37:33PM +0800, blubee blubeeme wrote:
Hello
I recently came across Alan Kay's talks on youtube, then that lead me to Dan Ingalls and looking at smalltalk, squeak and object oriented programming as thought up by Alan Kay in the 1960s.
Welcome!
I wonder how come this type of computing isn't the mainstream. We've seen other OS pop up since then that were a lot less capable that got some mainstream success.
We are not very good at mainstream marketing around here. But at least you can buy the t-shirt now:
https://shop.spreadshirt.com/Squeak
It seems like this type of computing gets put in the kiddy corner and most people don't know about it or those who do kinda use it and sometimes people just don't seem to get it.
Has anyone ever though about making a platform where squeak is customized to the hardware, something like android, iphone, bb10 and qnx, etc..
Squeak people are and have been involved in all sorts of projects like this. But I have to add that one of the remarkable things about Squeak is its ability to run identically on a wide range of platforms, regardless of hardware and operating system.
Also if this is the wrong mailing list, can you point me at the correct mailing list for this discussion.
This is the right place to get acquainted. When you have more in-depth questions, you will probably want to ask on the squeak-dev list.
Dave
"I wonder how come this type of computing isn't the mainstream."
Short answer:
Smalltalk was left behind when computing moved on to the last big thing, multiple CPUs, because of its near total dependency on "state" and the difficulty of keeping track of it when it's ever-changing, with multiple CPU threads are constantly and simultaneously either trying to change it or requesting a copy of its current value. Think Black Friday at Walmart. Unmanagable chaos.
Michael
On Sat, Dec 10, 2016 at 9:37 AM, blubee blubeeme gurenchan@gmail.com wrote:
Hello
I recently came across Alan Kay's talks on youtube, then that lead me to Dan Ingalls and looking at smalltalk, squeak and object oriented programming as thought up by Alan Kay in the 1960s.
I wonder how come this type of computing isn't the mainstream. We've seen other OS pop up since then that were a lot less capable that got some mainstream success.
It seems like this type of computing gets put in the kiddy corner and most people don't know about it or those who do kinda use it and sometimes people just don't seem to get it.
Has anyone ever though about making a platform where squeak is customized to the hardware, something like android, iphone, bb10 and qnx, etc..
Also if this is the wrong mailing list, can you point me at the correct mailing list for this discussion.
Best, Owen
Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners
Welcome Owen!
These questions has been raised time and again, with long discussions and pretty exaggerated statements, like Smalltalk is dead[1][2] and interesting conversations about why it didn't become mainstream, or how its ideas have mutated and live in pretty successful products like containers (ie: docker). I recommend you to check tose lins.
[1] http://wiki.c2.com/?WhyIsSmalltalkDead
[2] https://gemstonesoup.wordpress.com/2009/02/08/smalltalk-is-dead-long-live-sm...
In my case, I found Squeak 10 years ago, I had some teaching experience using Etoys, Scracth and Bots Inc for a couple of years and to research on my master studies, now I came back since mid 2014 with Pharo[3] making the research for my PhD [4]. In the last ESUG 2016, the Squeak team celebrated the 20 years with the release of the 5.0 version with a lot of improvement. I was really glad to be there and see this vibrant community and be part of it.
[3] http://pharo.org/ [4] http://mutabit.com/grafoscopio/index.en.html
On the hardware question, there was some SqueakNOS (if I remember correctly) for Squeak No Operative System that runs directly on hardware, but that seems like a long path for me. My idea would be to put it as an additional app that runs with the rest of your tablet/phone/laptop and progressively provides a coherent experience for the fractured world of computing.
Pharo/Smalltalk is the environment I feel most empowered these days and because of the "native live coding" experience, I can make agile prototypes of ideas and evolve them. We have a recurrent Critical Code+Data Literacy & Visualization workshop [5], so I can share the joy of Smalltalk with other learners and bridge it with current themes and issues where I think that Smalltalk ideas are particularly well suited: data activism, data visualization, reproducible research, data driven storytelling, modeling, open government and others.
[5] http://mutabit.com/dataweek/
So, despite of not being mainstream, I think that Smalltalk ecosystem is pretty vital and healthy, we can share the joy with others and learn with them without too much concern about popularity*
Welcome again,
Offray
* Popularity seems a recurrent concern in United States culture, as the popular TV shows and movies show all the time, and the cliche story moment where everybody needs to acknowledge some personal, romantic or other achievement and clap... but maybe mainstream TV shows, Cinema and news are not the proper view point for culture :-)
On 10/12/16 09:37, blubee blubeeme wrote:
Hello
I recently came across Alan Kay's talks on youtube, then that lead me to Dan Ingalls and looking at smalltalk, squeak and object oriented programming as thought up by Alan Kay in the 1960s.
I wonder how come this type of computing isn't the mainstream. We've seen other OS pop up since then that were a lot less capable that got some mainstream success.
It seems like this type of computing gets put in the kiddy corner and most people don't know about it or those who do kinda use it and sometimes people just don't seem to get it.
Has anyone ever though about making a platform where squeak is customized to the hardware, something like android, iphone, bb10 and qnx, etc..
Also if this is the wrong mailing list, can you point me at the correct mailing list for this discussion.
Best, Owen
Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners
Hi guys
Thanks for all the great resources. i looked before mailing and I did find a lot of these items but some are new to me. Squeak is definitely an interesting project and I'll be around lurking and whatnot.
Best, Owen
On Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 12:13 AM, Offray Vladimir Luna Cárdenas < offray@riseup.net> wrote:
Welcome Owen!
These questions has been raised time and again, with long discussions and pretty exaggerated statements, like Smalltalk is dead[1][2] and interesting conversations about why it didn't become mainstream, or how its ideas have mutated and live in pretty successful products like containers (ie: docker). I recommend you to check tose lins. [1] http://wiki.c2.com/?WhyIsSmalltalkDead [2] https://gemstonesoup.wordpress.com/2009/02/08/ smalltalk-is-dead-long-live-smalltalk/
In my case, I found Squeak 10 years ago, I had some teaching experience using Etoys, Scracth and Bots Inc for a couple of years and to research on my master studies, now I came back since mid 2014 with Pharo[3] making the research for my PhD [4]. In the last ESUG 2016, the Squeak team celebrated the 20 years with the release of the 5.0 version with a lot of improvement. I was really glad to be there and see this vibrant community and be part of it.
[3] http://pharo.org/ [4] http://mutabit.com/grafoscopio/index.en.html
On the hardware question, there was some SqueakNOS (if I remember correctly) for Squeak No Operative System that runs directly on hardware, but that seems like a long path for me. My idea would be to put it as an additional app that runs with the rest of your tablet/phone/laptop and progressively provides a coherent experience for the fractured world of computing.
Pharo/Smalltalk is the environment I feel most empowered these days and because of the "native live coding" experience, I can make agile prototypes of ideas and evolve them. We have a recurrent Critical Code+Data Literacy & Visualization workshop [5], so I can share the joy of Smalltalk with other learners and bridge it with current themes and issues where I think that Smalltalk ideas are particularly well suited: data activism, data visualization, reproducible research, data driven storytelling, modeling, open government and others.
[5] http://mutabit.com/dataweek/
So, despite of not being mainstream, I think that Smalltalk ecosystem is pretty vital and healthy, we can share the joy with others and learn with them without too much concern about popularity*
Welcome again,
Offray
- Popularity seems a recurrent concern in United States culture, as the
popular TV shows and movies show all the time, and the cliche story moment where everybody needs to acknowledge some personal, romantic or other achievement and clap... but maybe mainstream TV shows, Cinema and news are not the proper view point for culture :-)
On 10/12/16 09:37, blubee blubeeme wrote:
Hello
I recently came across Alan Kay's talks on youtube, then that lead me to Dan Ingalls and looking at smalltalk, squeak and object oriented programming as thought up by Alan Kay in the 1960s.
I wonder how come this type of computing isn't the mainstream. We've seen other OS pop up since then that were a lot less capable that got some mainstream success.
It seems like this type of computing gets put in the kiddy corner and most people don't know about it or those who do kinda use it and sometimes people just don't seem to get it.
Has anyone ever though about making a platform where squeak is customized to the hardware, something like android, iphone, bb10 and qnx, etc..
Also if this is the wrong mailing list, can you point me at the correct mailing list for this discussion.
Best, Owen
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