"Pharo is not Smalltalk", is just marketing speak for me
Bingo. It's a sound bite, which by definition presents one teeny-tiny side
of an issue in a way that we think will bring the most interest to Pharo.
Debating how "true" it is, or whether anyone should be insulted, is as
unproductive this time as it was in the thread from April with 98 posts
(http://forum.world.st/a-Pharo-talk-from-a-ruby-conference-td4756805.html).
The only potentially helpful discussion would be whether it's good
marketing, but the consensus among those of us in the Pharo community with
experience sharing to the outside programming community is that once most
programmers hear "Smalltalk" either:
<overdramatic list>
- their eyes glaze over
- they can't hear anything else you say over their own laughter, or
- you take so long explaining that "'Smalltalk' is an idea, but most of the
time people say 'Smalltalk' meaning 'Smalltalk-80', which is..." you're out
of time
</overdramatic list>
Also, as programmers, who are notoriously terrible marketing people, it
might be time to try something bold, turning our first instinct - which has
been to hold dearly to marketing Smalltalk as such for 34 years - on its
head...
Cheers,
Sean
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drush66 wrote
> "Pharo is not Smalltalk", is just marketing speak for me
Bingo. It's a sound bite, which by definition presents one teeny-tiny side
of an issue in a way that we think will bring the most interest to Pharo.
Debating how "true" it is, or whether anyone should be insulted, is as
unproductive this time as it was in the thread from April with 98 posts
(http://forum.world.st/a-Pharo-talk-from-a-ruby-conference-td4756805.html).
The only potentially helpful discussion would be whether it's good
marketing, but the consensus among those of us in the Pharo community with
experience sharing to the outside programming community is that once most
programmers hear "Smalltalk" either:
<overdramatic list>
- their eyes glaze over
- they can't hear anything else you say over their own laughter, or
- you take so long explaining that "'Smalltalk' is an idea, but most of the
time people say 'Smalltalk' meaning 'Smalltalk-80', which is..." you're out
of time
</overdramatic list>
Also, as programmers, who are notoriously terrible marketing people, it
might be time to try something bold, turning our first instinct - which has
been to hold dearly to marketing Smalltalk as such for 34 years - on its
head...
-----
Cheers,
Sean
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