On 20 juin 06, at 17:05, Yann Monclair wrote:

> That's fine by me. Part of the SummerTalk is, I believe, to have an  
> opportunity to learn more about Smalltalk :) and the existing tools  
> available.
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> Currently I'm working with VisualWorks. A port to Squeak could be  
> possible, and fairly easy I think. It would be nice to maybe switch  
> to the existing ical parser at that moment.
> The idea of using Pier, or even MC2 is really interesting.
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> For now, I'm going to start with writing some tests, and I'll try  
> and make my mind on a port to Squeak. This also depends on the  
> people who would want such a tool (if they are squeak users or VW  
> or another Smalltalk ).

We moved from VW to Squeak for Smallwiki exactly for this reason. :)
I woudl suggest you to have a look at the calendar used in dabble :)  
and that is available on SqueakSource.

I would love to be able to have a kind of ical server for  
collaborative editing, and also a way to publish to it from ical

Stef

> I'll post about that later this week  I think, on my blog, and I'll  
> let you know.
>
> I just ordered two books on TDD, so I hope to write good tests and  
> adopt that method of development. They are missed in my code so far :(
>
> Yann
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> On Jun 20, 2006, at 4:27 PM, stéphane ducasse wrote:
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>> Hi philippe
>>
>> I think that this is good that we put pressure on Yann :)
>> I already told him that.
>> Now it would be good if indeed we could interactively publis,  
>> change, ical.
>> And indeed it would be nice if this would be using what you did  
>> with david and may be based on pier.
>> Yann could learn and build on top of what you did....
>>
>> Yann tell us.
>>
>> Stef
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>> On 20 juin 06, at 12:33, Philippe Marschall wrote:
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>>> I just asked what the goal is. If reinventing is the goal, I have no
>>> problem with that.
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> 2006/6/20, Gary Fisher <gafisher at sprynet.com>:
>>>>
>>>> >> Yann: "I was thinking of a nice webinterface, but google beat  
>>>> me on that
>>>> ;)"
>>>>
>>>> >> Philippe: "So what would be the goal of this project? . . .  
>>>> reinvent the
>>>> wheel?"
>>>>
>>>> It might be useful to note that the wheel has been reinvented  
>>>> many, many
>>>> times, in forms as varied as clock gears, grain mills and jet  
>>>> engine
>>>> turbines.  While each varies in its expression and  
>>>> implementation of the
>>>> concept of "wheelness," none could be called the perfected form  
>>>> of wheel
>>>> which obviates all others -- to the contrary, each has in turn  
>>>> led to
>>>> innumerable reinventions of itself, most of which did not  
>>>> eliminate but
>>>> rather added to what had gone before.
>>>>
>>>> Google has done many things well, and some very well, but  
>>>> nothing Google has
>>>> accomplished can be said to have perfected the art to such an  
>>>> extent no
>>>> improvements or adaptations are possible.  The trick is to look  
>>>> past Google,
>>>> to pursue a vision not of what Google or any other innovator DID  
>>>> but of what
>>>> they might -- or ought to -- or could -- have ASPIRED to.
>>>>
>>>> We don't need stronger oxcart wheels, we need pneumatic tires.   
>>>> Or perhaps
>>>> maglev.
>>>>
>>>> Gary
>>>>
>>>>
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