Another path is to contribute to Pharo, you know the best way to predict
the future etc...


2013/12/12 Frank Shearar <frank.shearar at gmail.com>

> On 12 December 2013 19:43, Chris Muller <asqueaker at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I like the Announcements route.  SystemChangeNotifier is a dog.
> >> Compatibility with Pharo is in the long-term very important
> >
> >
> > Freedom from Pharo constraints is even more important.
> >
> >> (but it has to be a two-way street, and not blind).
> >
> >
> > I don't believe Pharo will ever be interested in a two-way street of
> > compatibility with Squeak.  If anything, the opposite.  Neither group is
> > interested in feeling constrained by the other.  The Pharo fork happened
> for
> > good reasons.
> >
> > We should pursue our own wildest imaginations, not follow Pharo.
>
> No arguments, but...
>
> >  We should
> > steal components of Pharo which offer the kind of functional leverage
> > ratio's appropriate for Squeak.
>
> ... you can't do that without some kind of compatibility. Not without
> entirely rewriting stuff, which is kind've missing the point of
> stealing.
>
> frank
>
> > PS -- None of the above should imply I'm against Announcements.  I know
> > nothing about it other than its Listener Pattern le Grande.  Hopefully
> not
> > too heavyweight..
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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