[Edu-sig] PySqueak: more on the cultural divide among paradigms

Paul D. Fernhout pdfernhout at kurtz-fernhout.com
Sat May 6 10:05:08 CEST 2006


kirby urner wrote:
> On 5/5/06, Paul D. Fernhout <pdfernhout at kurtz-fernhout.com> wrote:
> 
>>To recap, as I see it, this PySqueak effort gained some traction when you
>>and Guido cam back from the summit, having seen Alan Kay's presentation of
>>Squeak and Croquet. I'm sure it was dazzling, as Alan Kay is a captivating
>>speaker and Squeak and Croquet have a lot of really great features.(*)
> 
> 
> It wasn't like that.
> 
> We sat around long tables and talked.  No one had more than five
> minutes to do any kind of projected presentation thing.
> 
> Croquet was mentioned in passing but never shown.
> 
> Just wanting to keep the picture at least a little bit accurate.

Thanks for setting me straight on that.

--Paul Fernhout


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