Wow.
Were I more proficient in Squeak I'd gladly fund my own way to the UK for the opportunity to answer Christopher Alexander's questions. He's one of the people (Alan Kay's another) I'd regard as genuinely worthy of pilgrimage. (-:
Gary Fisher
----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Pawson" <rpawson at nakedobjects.org> To: squeakfoundation@lists.squeakfoundation.org Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2003 4:37 PM Subject: [Squeakfoundation]Christopher Alexander needs some help on Squeak
Christopher Alexander, author of 'A Pattern Language', wants to write a simulation to demonstrate the ideas in his new series of books 'The Nature of Order' (the first volume is out, and truly outstanding). I have persuaded him that Squeak is the right language to do it in and he's
hooked.
Chris has not programmed for some years (though he is a mathematician, originally) and needs some tutorial help on the basics of the language.
He'd like to find a fluent Squeaker who'd give him a few hours of
voluntary
time. Chris is currently living on the South coast of the UK (West
Sussex).
The ideal would be a grad student in Southampton or Portsmouth
Universities.
(Anyone know of any Squeakers there I could contact directly?) If this doesn't work, someone on the end of a phone would be acceptable.
This is an opportunity to meet and interact with one of the world's
greatest
contemporary thinkers. I'm sure we can help him out. (I've offered my
help
on the OO design side, but I'm not a sufficiently fluent programmer to
give
him the basics he needs at the beginning.) Just to make it clear, he
wants
to write the simulation himself, this is not an attempt to get someone to write it for him.
If you can help, or know any contacts who might, please get back to me directly and I'll put you in touch with him.
Richard Pawson
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