February 2014 - Esug-list - lists.esug.org

Dumb question regarding Pharo
by David Pennington Feb. 27, 2014

Feb. 27, 2014

I have just posted on the new Pharo business site expressing a hope that I can convert some of my VA Smalltalk stuff to Pharo. However, I could do with a pointer as to how to create a window and add elements. I have been using the standard VA Window creation - effectively drag and drop - so I am not used to hand creating. Could anyone point me at a primer for this? I have googled but only found little snippets. Sorry for my incompetence (after 24 years of Smalltalk development :-) David Totally Objects Message sent using Winmail Mail Server

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[CFP] Dyla'14, Workshop on Dynamic Languages and Applications, at PLDI, Edinburgh
by Damien Cassou Feb. 27, 2014

Feb. 27, 2014

[CFP] Dyla'14, Workshop on Dynamic Languages and Applications, at PLDI, Edinburgh - What: 8th Workshop on Dynamic Languages and Applications - Where: Co-located with PLDI'14, Edinburgh, UK - When: June 12th Sponsored by ACM SIGPLAN Submission deadline: March 15th More info on the website: http://www.lifl.fr/dyla14/ Dyla is a place where developers and researchers can discuss new advances in the design, implementation and application of dynamically-typed languages. The expected audience of this workshop includes practitioners and researchers sharing the same interest in dynamically-typed languages. Lua, Python, Ruby, JavaScript and others are gaining a significant popularity both in industry and academia. Nevertheless, each community has the tendency to only look at what it produces. Broadening the scope of each community is the goal of the workshop. To achieve this goal Dyla's program and organization committees are composed of leading persons from many such languages. Topics -- - live programming - programming language extensions - programming environment extensions - domain-specific languages & tooling - executing environments - static & dynamic analyses - meta-object protocols - optional type-checking - reverse engineering - testing environments Organizing committee: -- - Damien Cassou, University of Lille 1, FR - Carl Friedrich Bolz, King's College London, GB - Johan Andersson, Burtcorp in Gothenburg, SE - Roberto Ierusalimschy, Catholic Univ. in Rio de Janeiro, BR - Tom Van Cutsem, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, BE Program committee: -- - Anne Etien, University Lille 1, France - David Schneider, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, DE - Didier Verna, EPITA/LRDE, France - Edd Barrett, Department of Informatics, King's College London, GB - Joe Gibbs Politz, Brown University, USA - Peng Wu, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA - Tim Felgentreff, Hasso-Plattner-Institut, DE - T. Stephen Strickland, University of Maryland, US - Yoshiki Ohshima, Viewpoints Research Institute, USA - Zachary P. Beane, Portland, USA - the 5 workshop organizers Abstract: -- Java and C# have been a major influence in the adoption of object-oriented language characteristics: academic features like interfaces, garbage collection, and meta-programming became technologies generally accepted by the industry. However, with the adoption of these languages, their limitations became apparent, as testified by industry reactions: invokedynamic has been included in the latest Java virtual machine release; the dynamic language runtime (DLR) is gaining popularity; C# adopted dynamic as a valid static type. Researchers and practitioners struggle with static type systems, overly complex abstract grammars, simplistic concurrency mechanisms, limited reflection capabilities, and the absence of higher-order language constructs such as delegation, closures, and continuations. Dynamic languages such as Ruby, Python, JavaScript and Lua are a step forward in addressing these problems and are getting more and more popular. To make these languages mainstream, practitioners have to look back and pick mechanisms up in existing dynamic languages such as Lisp, Scheme, Smalltalk and Self. The goal of this workshop is to act as a forum where practitioners can discuss new advances in the design, implementation and application of dynamically-typed languages that, sometimes radically, diverge from the statically typed class-based mainstream. Another objective is to discuss new as well as older "forgotten" languages and features in this context. Format and Submission Information -- The workshop will have a demo-oriented style. The idea is to allow participants to demonstrate new and interesting features and discuss what they feel is relevant for the dynamic-language community. To participate in the workshop, you can either - submit (before March 15th 2014) an article (ACM Tighter Alternate style) describing your presentation and/or tool. Your article, which must include from 2 to 15 pages, will be carefully reviewed by the program committee. If accepted, your article will be presented during the workshop and be published to the ACM Digital Library (at your option) and the workshop's web site. Please submit to http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dyla14. - or give a 10-minute lightning demo of your work. A dedicated session will be allocated for this, provided there is ample time available. In this case, send us the title of your demo. A session on pair programming is also planned. People will then get a chance to share their technologies by interacting with other participants.

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Pharo-Business: a new mailing-list
by Stéphane Ducasse Feb. 26, 2014

Feb. 26, 2014

Dear Pharoers and Smalltalkers from all over the world we would really like to push business in our community and we believe that it is important to create a community around business questions. We created a new mailing-list http://lists.pharo.org/mailman/listinfo/pharo-business_lists.pharo.org The idea is to identify - potential market - missing technical solutions that we could build together. - share technical assets from a business perspective (which frameworks for what). We hope that you will like the idea and that more business can emerge.

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Our Summer of Code application was rejected
by Paolo Bonzini Feb. 25, 2014

Feb. 25, 2014

Hi all, unfortunately I have to bear bad news from Google; ESUG's application was rejected this year. I'll ask Google for more information about the rejection next Friday, and post them to both the mentors mailing list and the ESUG mailing list. Thanks, Paolo and Nicolas

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Fwd: Smalltalk Digest February 2014
by Stéphane Ducasse Feb. 22, 2014

Feb. 22, 2014

Begin forwarded message: > From: "Cincom Systems" <events(a)info.cincom.com> > Subject: Smalltalk Digest February 2014 > Date: 21 Feb 2014 22:26:22 GMT+1 > To: stephane.ducasse(a)inria.fr > Reply-To: "Cincom Systems" <events(a)cincom.com> > > If you are having trouble viewing this email message, launch your browser here. > > > February 2014 > > > Grow with Us! > > Product Team Enhancements – Be Part of Our Growing Cincom Smalltalk Team! > Let Us Help You Succeed > > Partnering for Success – Cincom Supporting Customer and Partner Success > Check It Out! > > Helping to Plan the Future – Product Manager Mini-Survey > New Tutorials – "Common Tools" Tutorial Videos to Be Launched > Conference Announcement – European Smalltalk User Group (ESUG) Conference Date and Location Announced > Exposure in Germany – Cincom Smalltalk Premier Partner, Georg Heeg, Continues to Promote Cincom and Cincom Smalltalk in Europe! > Valuable Educational Tool – Smalltalk Plays an Important Part in University's Curriculum > New Cincom® ObjectStudio® Release – Cincom ObjectStudio 8.5 Now Available! > New Cincom® VisualWorks® Release – Cincom VisualWorks 7.10 Now Available! > Performance Considerations – Concurrency and Leveraging Multi-Core PCs – The Solution? MatriX > Task Simplification – Are You Looking to Boost Application Performance? > A Shared Cornerstone – The Cincom Smalltalk Foundation > Getting the Word Out – Cincom Smalltalk and Social Media Channels > Focusing on the Customer – New Cincom Smalltalk Customer Portal > Watch It! – Cincom Smalltalk Videos and Our Presence on YouTube > Availability of Information – New Product Information Readily Available on the Cincom Smalltalk Website > Academia – The Cincom Smalltalk Academic Program > Serving the Smalltalk Community – Cincom Smalltalk Community Blogs > Smalltalk News Repositories > > News from the Cincom Smalltalk Team > Upcoming Events > > August 16-17, 2014 – Camp Smalltalk, Cambridge, England > August 18-22, 2014 – European Smalltalk User Group (ESUG) Conference, Cambridge, England > Update on Smalltalk Events > Smalltalk Job Opportunities > > Visit the Smalltalk Jobs Blog > Cincom Smalltalk Team Seeks Cincom VisualWorks Senior Software Engineer > > > > 55 Merchant St. • Cincinnati, OH 45246 • phone: 800-2CINCOM • fax: 513-612-2000 > view in browser • legal notice • privacy policy • subscription preferences > Cincom, the Quadrant Logo, Cincom Smalltalk, ObjectStudio and VisualWorks > are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cincom Systems, Inc. > All other trademarks belong to their respective companies. > ©2014 Cincom Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved >

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Pharo on Raspberrypi
by Jean Baptiste Arnaud Feb. 19, 2014

Feb. 19, 2014

Hi, so the VM Raspberry without the bug on Atomic operation (all semaphore are block) worked now. Here is a link: https://ci.inria.fr/pharo-contribution/view/RaspberryPi/job/RaspberryPi-Cro… Here is a nice picture: Best Regards Jean Baptiste Arnaud Jean-Baptiste.Arnaud(a)inria.fr

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Fwd: [Evol] phd position and postdoc visits - evolving software ecosystems research
by Stéphane Ducasse Feb. 14, 2014

Feb. 14, 2014

Begin forwarded message: > From: Tom Mens <tom.mens(a)umons.ac.be> > Subject: [Evol] phd position and postdoc visits - evolving software ecosystems research > Date: 14 Feb 2014 16:43:44 GMT+1 > To: ERCIM WG Software Evolution ERCIM WG Software Evolution Mailing List <evol(a)lists.inf.unisi.ch> > > Dear all, > > A PhD position as well as postdoc research visits are available at the Software Engineering Lab (Faculty of Science) of the University of Mons, Belgium. The goal is to collaborate and carry out research on the topic of empirical ecological studies of the evolution of open source software ecosystems (i.e. large collections of collaborating software projects and communities), by drawing inspiration from ecological measures and models used for studying biological ecosystems. This should lead us to better insight in, and support for, the survivability of software ecosystems and their constituent projects and contributors. > > The PhD position is available immediately. Candidates should be eligible for starting a PhD in Sciences (they should have a Master or Engineering degree or equivalent) a, should have practical programming experience, and should have a clear interest in biological and software engineering aspects. > > To apply for the PhD position of for carrying our a research visit, please send a mail (preferably together with a detailed CV and motivation letter) to Tom Mens (tom.mens(a)umons.ac.be) > > For more information, contact me directly, or visit > http://informatique.umons.ac.be/genlog/projects/ecos/ > > Best regards, > > Tom Mens > Software Engineering Lab > Faculty of Sciences > University of Mons > tom.mens(a)umons.ac.be > > > > _______________________________________________ > Evol mailing list > Evol(a)lists.inf.unisi.ch > http://lists.inf.unisi.ch/mailman/listinfo/evol

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SmalltalkHub is back online!
by Nicolas Petton Feb. 12, 2014

Feb. 12, 2014

The server is accessible again! Cheers, Nico -- Nicolas Petton http://nicolas-petton.fr

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Re: [Esug-list] [gsoc-mentors] Re: [Pharo-dev] The truth on GSOC, ESUG and bad attitude
by Stéphane Ducasse Feb. 12, 2014

Feb. 12, 2014

I can tell you that until now I took that as a little crisis of Janko but now this makes me sick. I do not think that I will stand in the same room than him in the future. Sorry Janko you are insulting people publicly but you mention that you don’t. I will check if I have a lawyer to handle this situation because you cannot have just words against me. I will check with the inria lawyer first. Stef > I do not understand the motivation of Janko, especially since he is apparently alone to think that way. > It is impressive to see how fragile the community is. > Thanks Paolo and thanks the ESUG board for handling this difficult situation! > > Cheers, > Alexandre > > > On Feb 10, 2014, at 7:14 AM, Tudor Girba <tudor(a)tudorgirba.com> wrote: > >> I support it, too. >> >> The only path to action I see is to act. And in this situation, Paolo was the only one that offered a pragmatic way out. Thank you, Paolo! :) >> >> So, I suggest this: >> - we take Marcus' suggestion and have the present issue be handled at the next ESUG general assembly. Like this we ensure that the problem is going to be addressed in a more effective environment (namely, more structured, and not via mail). >> - we go forward with Paolo as an admin. Like this we ensure that action happens now. >> >> Cheers, >> Doru >> >> >> >> >> On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 1:05 PM, Esteban Lorenzano <estebanlm(a)gmail.com> wrote: >> I support this, along with a general require that you keep this discussion in private. >> >> Esteban >> >> On 10 Feb 2014, at 12:10, Stephan Eggermont <stephan(a)stack.nl> wrote: >> >>> I no longer have confidence in Janko running as GSoC admin >>> and want Paolo to take over as admin for Esug as mentoring organisation. >>> >>> Stephan Eggermont >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Esug-list mailing list >>> Esug-list(a)lists.esug.org >>> http://lists.esug.org/mailman/listinfo/esug-list_lists.esug.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Esug-list mailing list >> Esug-list(a)lists.esug.org >> http://lists.esug.org/mailman/listinfo/esug-list_lists.esug.org >> >> >> >> -- >> www.tudorgirba.com >> >> "Every thing has its own flow" > > -- > _,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;: > Alexandre Bergel http://www.bergel.eu > ^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;._,.;:~^~:;. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Smalltalk GSoC mentors" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to smalltalk-gsoc-mentors+unsubscribe(a)googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.

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[SmalltalkHub down] The server hosting SmalltalkHub at Inria is not responding
by Nicolas Petton Feb. 11, 2014

Feb. 11, 2014

Hi guys, The server hosting SmalltalkHub at Inria is not responding. SmalltalkHub is therefore down. I contacted the Inria server admins to learn more about this incident, without success for now. I'll do my best to put it back online as soon as possible! Cheers, Nico -- Nicolas Petton http://nicolas-petton.fr

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