Hello Ramon,

>> RL> Honestly, I don't care anymore.  eToys was just brought up as an example
...
>> RL> I'll be using Pharo and anyone I introduce to Smalltalk will never see
>> RL> Squeak because they'll start with Pharo.
>>
>> if that's true then you might as well stop arguing. It really doesn't
>> help a discussion taking a strong position and then telling people you
>> don't care about the subject (Squeak) anymore.

RL> Not true, the discussion started trying to figure out how to pull
RL> Pharo improvements back in; that makes it of interest to me.  Pharo

RL> Secondly, I'm not taking a strong position so much as a logical one.
RL> I'm engaging more out curiosity about what could be the possible
RL> argument against removing it.

it was not about your strong (pointed, opinionated?) position but
about your declaring you don't care anymore.

RL> Thirdly, it's still a lively discussion about something Smalltalk
RL> related, which is more than enough to make it of interest to me since
RL> seeing any interest at all in Smalltalk is pretty rare, and I do
RL> rather enjoy blathering on about Smalltalk.

I did not want to express you should not take part in the discussion.


Best regards,

Herbert                            mailto:herbertkoenig at gmx.net