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Pharo is a Smalltalk, but they're ok with moving in new directions. As a Python coder, I played with Pharo and tried several tutorials and read a book on Small
by 7thaccount 5y ago
Pharo is a Smalltalk, but they're ok with moving in new directions.
As a Python coder, I played with Pharo and tried several tutorials and read a book on Smalltalk-80. I get the gist of things, but have trouble actually writing the code as things aren't obvious and there is no StackOverflow or cookbook for common tasks. It took me forever to figure out how to do file IO and that sort of thing. The other problem is that deployment isn't just running a script, but deploying the image and runtime of some obscure language nobody has ever heard of in enterprise software and no IT department is going to be cool with it.
- igouy 5y agoMaybe IT already deployed https://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/main/successes/financial-services/jpmorgan/ https://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/main/successes/financial-ser...
- 7thaccount 5y agoI think most users of Cincom Smalltalk (and other esoteric language users such as Volvo using Dyalog APL) occurs most often due to historical reasons. Please note that I don't think poorly of these languages and would use them over something like Java in my own pet projects any day.
- igouy 5y ago> historical reasons Of course, mission critical business software still needs to be deployed long after fashions change.
- agumonkey 5y agoenterprise is rarely a good for esoteric stuff anyway i actually meant pharo above, i never used genuine smalltalk, just what the pharo mooc gave us