March 2012 - Esug-list - lists.esug.org

GSoC 2012: we're in!

by Carla Griggio

Hi everybody!! I'm glad to announce that ESUG has been accepted as an organization this year :) So Google will be funding some Smalltalk projects of our choice. Soon you'll be able to find the next steps into the program at http://gsoc2012.esug.org/. Cheers! Carla Griggio & Janko Mivšek GSoC Admins

March 17, 2012

Fwd: [Pharo-project] Three presentations at Dyncon 2012 in Stockholm

by Marcus Denker

Begin forwarded message: > From: Göran Krampe <goran(a)krampe.se> > Subject: [Pharo-project] Three presentations at Dyncon 2012 in Stockholm > Date: March 15, 2012 2:39:17 PM GMT+01:00 > To: The general-purpose Squeak developers list <squeak-dev(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org> > Cc: pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr > Reply-To: Pharo-project(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr > > Hey fellas! > > Just wanted to mention that Smalltalk and Amber in particular has a fairly strong presence this year at Dyncon 2012 (http://swdc.se/dyncon2012/) > > - I am presenting "Brave new world" (the architecture of SmalltalkHub, which includes Amber, Phriak, Pharo, Seaside-REST etc) (see http://swdc.se/dyncon2012/sessions/) > > - Nicolas is presenting Amber. > > - Jason Ayers is probably presenting something Smalltalk related :) > > regards, Göran > -- Marcus Denker -- http://marcusdenker.de

March 15, 2012

Fwd: [squeak-dev] [ANN] BioSmalltalk

by stephane ducasse

Begin forwarded message: > From: Hernán Morales Durand <hernan.morales(a)gmail.com> > Subject: [squeak-dev] [ANN] BioSmalltalk > Date: March 15, 2012 1:32:55 PM GMT+01:00 > To: A friendly place where any question about pharo is welcome <pharo-users(a)lists.gforge.inria.fr>, beta(a)seaside.gemstone.com, vwnc mailing list <vwnc(a)cs.uiuc.edu>, The general-purpose Squeak developers list <squeak-dev(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org> > Reply-To: The general-purpose Squeak developers list <squeak-dev(a)lists.squeakfoundation.org> > > Dear all, > > It's been two years since I've started to work in bioinformatics with > Smalltalk. It has been a difficult decision because the quality and > amount of bioinformatics libraries is absolutely amazing, but I've > received a lot of support from the main researchers at the Institute > of Genetics where I'm working in Argentina. > > Now the initial step for a BioSmalltalk release is done. I hope the > FOSS community receive this pre-release as the basis for future > enhacements for bioinformatics with any Smalltalk flavor. Although in > the short-term it is unlikely for a BioSmalltalk to reach the users, > maturity and competitive level of major Bio* toolkits (BioPerl, > BioPython, BioRuby or BioJava), it could take too many years more if I > continue this work alone. However, BioSmalltalk was not conceived to > replace or defeat any other similar packages, but to provide to the > bioinformatics community the features of a pure object system. So feel > free to spread the word for all bioinformaticians, newcomers, > developers, or life scientists, for helping in any way and discovering > why Smalltalk is such a special environment. > > This release was implemented in Pharo 1.3 custom Core, but cross > Smalltalk portability was a priority. I'm working now to release > versions for GemStone, Squeak and VisualWorks is there is enough > interest. Everybody is welcome to contribute. > > You may download a pre-compiled release from the project page: > http://code.google.com/p/biosmalltalk/ > > Best regards, > > Hernán > > > -- > Hernán Morales > Institute of Veterinary Genetics (IGEVET). > National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET). > La Plata (1900), Buenos Aires, Argentina. > Telephone: +54 (0221) 421-1799. > Internal: 422 > Fax: 425-7980 or 421-1799. >

March 15, 2012