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How a short trip to Python-land taught me why Smalltalk is hard

by jtuchel＠objektfabrik.de

I am not actually a Smalltalk newbie, but still find it sometomes hard to get into areas I've never touched before. For some stuff that was related mostly to problems with encoding and decoding between utf-8 and utf-85 on both Windows and Linux and strange differences between these platforms, I thought I'd use something that peopl "out there" use daily. I chose python. I had never written anything in Python before, but it was easy to stipple together a few working programs. It took me just a few hours to find out about Skyper and some important language constructs and stuff. It was a pleasant journey for two reasons: * No need to learn any tools. Just an editor and a command line and you're on yur journey * You find lots of documentation and examples on the web. It feels like VB in the days: type a few keywords into your web browser and copy the sources for a 70% solution of your problem Back when I was young and cared for whether my preferred language was popular or not, I would be depressed by the experience. Remember, I tried Python because things were hard in Smalltalk. So spot the message here... ;-) Joachim

July 6, 2018

Re: [Esug-list] ESUG 2018 accomodation

by Piotr Palacz

Christian, You want to consider Airbnb.com. I booked with them few months ago. HTH, Piotr On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 7:51 AM Giovanni Corriga <giovanni(a)corriga.net> wrote: > Hi all, > > We will publish a list shortly. If you are in a hurry, please send me an > email. > > Cheers, > > Giovanni > > Il giorno gio 5 lug 2018 alle 14:22 Christian Haider < > christian.haider(a)smalltalked-visuals.com> ha scritto: > >> Hi Smalltalkers, >> >> >> >> I am planning my ESUG trip and wonder which hotel I should choose. >> >> >> >> Unfortunately, this time there is no list of accommodations on the >> conference page. >> >> Therefore I am asking you: >> >> Where are you staying? Which place would you recommend in Cagliari? >> >> >> >> Thanks and have a nice summer time, >> >> Christian >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 >

July 5, 2018

Re: [Esug-list] ESUG 2018 accomodation

by Stéphane Ducasse

You can issue Pull request and we can merge and the web site will be updated automatically. on github/esugio S. > On 5 Jul 2018, at 16:50, Giovanni Corriga <giovanni(a)corriga.net> wrote: > > Hi all, > > We will publish a list shortly. If you are in a hurry, please send me an email. > > Cheers, > > Giovanni > > Il giorno gio 5 lug 2018 alle 14:22 Christian Haider <christian.haider(a)smalltalked-visuals.com <mailto:christian.haider@smalltalked-visuals.com>> ha scritto: > Hi Smalltalkers, > > > > I am planning my ESUG trip and wonder which hotel I should choose. > > > > Unfortunately, this time there is no list of accommodations on the conference page. > > Therefore I am asking you: > > Where are you staying? Which place would you recommend in Cagliari? > > > > Thanks and have a nice summer time, > > Christian > > > > _______________________________________________ > Esug-list mailing list > Esug-list(a)lists.esug.org <mailto:Esug-list@lists.esug.org> > http://lists.esug.org/mailman/listinfo/esug-list_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 -------------------------------------------- Stéphane Ducasse http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr http://www.synectique.eu / http://www.pharo.org 03 59 35 87 52 Assistant: Julie Jonas FAX 03 59 57 78 50 TEL 03 59 35 86 16 S. Ducasse - Inria 40, avenue Halley, Parc Scientifique de la Haute Borne, Bât.A, Park Plaza Villeneuve d'Ascq 59650 France

July 5, 2018

Re: [Esug-list] ESUG 2018 accomodation

by Giovanni Corriga

Hi all, We will publish a list shortly. If you are in a hurry, please send me an email. Cheers, Giovanni Il giorno gio 5 lug 2018 alle 14:22 Christian Haider < christian.haider(a)smalltalked-visuals.com> ha scritto: > Hi Smalltalkers, > > > > I am planning my ESUG trip and wonder which hotel I should choose. > > > > Unfortunately, this time there is no list of accommodations on the > conference page. > > Therefore I am asking you: > > Where are you staying? Which place would you recommend in Cagliari? > > > > Thanks and have a nice summer time, > > Christian > > > _______________________________________________ > Esug-list mailing list > Esug-list(a)lists.esug.org > http://lists.esug.org/mailman/listinfo/esug-list_lists.esug.org >

July 5, 2018

ESUG 2018 accomodation

by Christian Haider

Hi Smalltalkers, I am planning my ESUG trip and wonder which hotel I should choose. Unfortunately, this time there is no list of accommodations on the conference page. Therefore I am asking you: Where are you staying? Which place would you recommend in Cagliari? Thanks and have a nice summer time, Christian

July 5, 2018

[ANN] Smalltalk/X jv-branch 8.0.0

by Jan Vrany

Hi there, after so long I'm finally happy to announce Smalltalk/X jv-branch 8.0.0. You may find it at: https://swing.fit.cvut.cz/download/smalltalkx/8.0.0/ This is mostly runtime (VM) stabilization and cleanup release, but also contains important improvements. You may find a list of most important changes at: https://swing.fit.cvut.cz/projects/stx-jv/wiki/WhatsNew-8.0.0 Best, Jan

July 3, 2018

ESUG 2018 Innovation Technology Awards: Call for Submissions

by N. Bouraqadi

Dear fellow Smalltalkers, The 15th edition of the ESUG Innovation Technology Awards is now officially open. As for every year, you can submit software based on any Smalltalk flavor, to attempt to win one of the three prizes. All you have to do is to provide a 3-5min video demo. More info and a link to the submission server is at: https://esug.github.io/2018-Conference/awardsCall2018.html On behalf of the ESUG board, Noury -- http://twitter.com/#!/NouryBouraqadi http://car.imt-lille-douai.fr/noury

June 21, 2018

Looking for freelancer in Pharo

by Stéphane Ducasse

Hi guys We have been approached by a company looking for a freelancer to build a couple applications with Smalltalk/Pharo/Seaside - with the first one being a bare bones wiki. (The company is open to have in Pier) - if this happens I would love to see how we can push back some pillar model into Pier. The company is in New York (and would love to have a local person) :) Contact >> seanfredrick.tm(a)gmail.com <mailto:seanfredrick.tm@gmail.com> Stef -------------------------------------------- Stéphane Ducasse http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr http://www.synectique.eu / http://www.pharo.org 03 59 35 87 52 Assistant: Julie Jonas FAX 03 59 57 78 50 TEL 03 59 35 86 16 S. Ducasse - Inria 40, avenue Halley, Parc Scientifique de la Haute Borne, Bât.A, Park Plaza Villeneuve d'Ascq 59650 France

June 20, 2018

Fwd: IWST CFP

by Stéphane Ducasse

> Begin forwarded message: > > From: Anne Etien <anne.etien(a)univ-lille1.fr> > Subject: IWST CFP > Date: 1 June 2018 at 17:07:51 GMT+2 > To: Stéphane Ducasse <stephane.ducasse(a)inria.fr> > > Hi Smalltalkers, > > Just a kind reminder, deadline is in two weeks. > > We are waiting for your submission! > > Loic and Anne > > CFP - IWST 2018 - International Workshop on Smalltalk Technologies > > [Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this call] > [Please send to interested colleagues / mailing-lists] > ************************************************************************************************************ > CALL FOR PAPERS > > IWST 2018 — International Workshop on Smalltalk Technologies > http://esug.org/wiki/pier/Conferences/2018/International-Workshop-IWST_18 <http://www.esug.org/wiki/pier/Conferences/2017/International-Workshop-IWST_…> > > Cagliari, Italy; Between September 10th and 14th, 2018 > ************************************************************************************************************ > > ------------------- > Goals and scopes > ------------------- > The goals of the workshop is to create a forum around advances or experience in Smalltalk and to trigger discussions and exchanges of ideas. The topics of your paper can be on all aspect of Smalltalk, theoretical as well as practical. Participants are invited to submit research articles or industrial papers. This year we want to open two different tracks: one research track and one industrial track with less scientific constraints. > > We expect papers of three kinds: > > Short position papers describing emerging ideas > Long research papers with deeper description of experiments and of research results. > Industrial papers with presentation of real and innovative Smalltalk applications; this kind of paper should enlighten why Smalltalk is really appropriate for your application. > We will not enforce any length restriction. > > -------------------- > Important Dates > -------------------- > Submission deadline: June 15th, 2018 > Notification deadline: July 10th, 2018 > Workshop : between September 10th and 14th, 2018 > All accepted papers will be published in ACM DL (To be confirmed) > > ------------------- > Topics > ------------------- > We welcome contributions on all aspects, theoretical as well as practical, of Smalltalk related topics such as: > > -Aspect-oriented programming, > -Design patterns, > -Experience reports, > -Frameworks, > -Implementation, new dialects or languages implemented in Smalltalk, > -Interaction with other languages, > -Meta-programming and Meta-modeling, > -Tools > > ------------------- > Best Paper Award > ------------------- > To encourage the submission of high-quality papers, the IWST organizing committee is very proud to announce a Best Paper Award for this edition of IWST. > > We thank the Lam Research Corporation for its financial contribution which makes it possible for prizes for the three best papers: 1000 USD for first place, 600 USD for second place and 400 USD for third place. > > The ranking will be decided by the program committee during the review process. The awards will be given during the ESUG conference social event. > > The Best Paper Award will take place only with a minimum of six submissions. Notice also that to be illegible, a paper must be presented at the workshop by one of the author and that the presenting author must be registered at the ESUG conference. > > ------------------- > Publication > ------------------- > Both submissions and final papers must be prepared using the ACM SIGPLAN 10 point format. Templates for Word and LaTeX are available at http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigplan/authorInformation.htm <http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigplan/authorInformation.htm>. This site also contains links to useful informations on how to write effective submissions. > > ------------------- > Submission > ------------------- > All submissions must be sent via easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iwst18 <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iwst18> > > ------------------- > Program chairs > ------------------- > Anne Etien (Université de Lille, France) > Loic Lagadec (Ensta Bretagne, France) -------------------------------------------- Stéphane Ducasse http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr http://www.synectique.eu / http://www.pharo.org 03 59 35 87 52 Assistant: Julie Jonas FAX 03 59 57 78 50 TEL 03 59 35 86 16 S. Ducasse - Inria 40, avenue Halley, Parc Scientifique de la Haute Borne, Bât.A, Park Plaza Villeneuve d'Ascq 59650 France

June 1, 2018

CFP - IWST 2018 - International Workshop on Smalltalk Technologies

by Anne Etien

Hi Smalltalkers, Just a kind reminder, deadline is in two weeks. We are waiting for your submission! Loic and Anne CFP - IWST 2018 - International Workshop on Smalltalk Technologies [Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this call] [Please send to interested colleagues / mailing-lists] ************************************************************************************************************ CALL FOR PAPERS IWST 2018 — International Workshop on Smalltalk Technologies http://esug.org/wiki/pier/Conferences/2018/International-Workshop-IWST_18 <http://www.esug.org/wiki/pier/Conferences/2017/International-Workshop-IWST_…> Cagliari, Italy; Between September 10th and 14th, 2018 ************************************************************************************************************ ------------------- Goals and scopes ------------------- The goals of the workshop is to create a forum around advances or experience in Smalltalk and to trigger discussions and exchanges of ideas. The topics of your paper can be on all aspect of Smalltalk, theoretical as well as practical. Participants are invited to submit research articles or industrial papers. This year we want to open two different tracks: one research track and one industrial track with less scientific constraints. We expect papers of three kinds: Short position papers describing emerging ideas Long research papers with deeper description of experiments and of research results. Industrial papers with presentation of real and innovative Smalltalk applications; this kind of paper should enlighten why Smalltalk is really appropriate for your application. We will not enforce any length restriction. -------------------- Important Dates -------------------- Submission deadline: June 15th, 2018 Notification deadline: July 10th, 2018 Workshop : between September 10th and 14th, 2018 All accepted papers will be published in ACM DL (To be confirmed) ------------------- Topics ------------------- We welcome contributions on all aspects, theoretical as well as practical, of Smalltalk related topics such as: -Aspect-oriented programming, -Design patterns, -Experience reports, -Frameworks, -Implementation, new dialects or languages implemented in Smalltalk, -Interaction with other languages, -Meta-programming and Meta-modeling, -Tools ------------------- Best Paper Award ------------------- To encourage the submission of high-quality papers, the IWST organizing committee is very proud to announce a Best Paper Award for this edition of IWST. We thank the Lam Research Corporation for its financial contribution which makes it possible for prizes for the three best papers: 1000 USD for first place, 600 USD for second place and 400 USD for third place. The ranking will be decided by the program committee during the review process. The awards will be given during the ESUG conference social event. The Best Paper Award will take place only with a minimum of six submissions. Notice also that to be illegible, a paper must be presented at the workshop by one of the author and that the presenting author must be registered at the ESUG conference. ------------------- Publication ------------------- Both submissions and final papers must be prepared using the ACM SIGPLAN 10 point format. Templates for Word and LaTeX are available at http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigplan/authorInformation.htm <http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigplan/authorInformation.htm>. This site also contains links to useful informations on how to write effective submissions. ------------------- Submission ------------------- All submissions must be sent via easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iwst18 <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iwst18> ------------------- Program chairs ------------------- Anne Etien (Université de Lille, France) Loic Lagadec (Ensta Bretagne, France)

June 1, 2018