what no Smalltalk at OOPSLA2006?

>[Newbie Perspective]
>
>I was looking for tutorials, tracks or just about anything related to
>Smalltalk, Seaside at Oopsla2006 in Portland on October 22-26. I was
>disappointed to see that there isn't any Smalltalk related topic -
>what's up with that?
>
>-bakki
>
>PS: These are the closest things I could find-
>
> Dynamic Languages Symposium
>(Program/Venues)
>...ussion of dynamic languages, their implementation and applications.
>While mature dynamic languages including Smalltalk, Lisp, Scheme, and
>Prolog
>
>   T48: Totally Awesome Computing: Python as a General-Purpose
>Programming Language
>(Submission/Tutorials)
>...nd their knowledge of the principles of programming languages,
>since advanced language features (like novel, SmallTalk-like
>applications of polymorphism) are so easy to teach in Python. Format:
>The p...
>
>---sad to see that only mention of Smalltalk is to make a point that
>Python is great!
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> [Newbie Perspective]
>
> I was looking for tutorials, tracks or just about anything related to
> Smalltalk, Seaside at Oopsla2006 in Portland on October 22-26. I was
> disappointed to see that there isn't any Smalltalk related topic -
> what's up with that?
>
> -bakki
>
> PS: These are the closest things I could find-
>
> Dynamic Languages Symposium
> (Program/Venues)
> ...ussion of dynamic languages, their implementation and applications.
> While mature dynamic languages including Smalltalk, Lisp, Scheme, and
> Prolog
>
>   T48: Totally Awesome Computing: Python as a General-Purpose
> Programming Language
> (Submission/Tutorials)
> ...nd their knowledge of the principles of programming languages,
> since advanced language features (like novel, SmallTalk-like
> applications of polymorphism) are so easy to teach in Python. Format:
> The p...
>
> ---sad to see that only mention of Smalltalk is to make a point that
> Python is great!
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> The main reason there aren't any Smalltalk related events at OOPSLA is
> that people don't propose them.  Posters, workshops and demos accept
> nearly all the proposals, so if you don't see any Smaltalk-related
> posters, workshops and demos then it means there were none proposed.
> OOPSLA accepts less than 20% of the papers that were submitted and
> less than half the tutorials, so the fact that there aren't any of
> these doesn't mean that none were proposed.  It is hard to get papers
> accepted at OOPSLA, but Stephane had some Smalltalk papers accepted
> there recently, so it is still possible.
>
> Certainly Smalltalk no longer has a buzz, but there are enough old
> Smalltalkers on the OOPSLA organizing committees that it is still
> possible to find people who appreciate it.  And there are usually a
> hundred or so Smalltalkers who show up for OOPSLA so they want to have
> some things to make them happy.  I think the main reason there aren't
> more Smalltalk-related events at OOPSLA is because Smalltalkers don't
> propose them.
>
> -Ralph
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> People believe that Smalltalk is old, slow.... so after a while this
> is boring to fight with them.
> If you want to see a lot of Smalltalk, apply to the student volunteer
> program of ESUG next year
> and you will get a crazy conference for free with Smalltalk all day long.
>
> Stef
>
> On 31 août 06, at 19:52, Bakki Kudva wrote:
>
>> [Newbie Perspective]
>>
>> I was looking for tutorials, tracks or just about anything related to
>> Smalltalk, Seaside at Oopsla2006 in Portland on October 22-26. I was
>> disappointed to see that there isn't any Smalltalk related topic -
>> what's up with that?
>>
>> -bakki
>>
>> PS: These are the closest things I could find-
>>
>> Dynamic Languages Symposium
>> (Program/Venues)
>> ...ussion of dynamic languages, their implementation and applications.
>> While mature dynamic languages including Smalltalk, Lisp, Scheme, and
>> Prolog
>>
>>   T48: Totally Awesome Computing: Python as a General-Purpose
>> Programming Language
>> (Submission/Tutorials)
>> ...nd their knowledge of the principles of programming languages,
>> since advanced language features (like novel, SmallTalk-like
>> applications of polymorphism) are so easy to teach in Python. Format:
>> The p...
>>
>> ---sad to see that only mention of Smalltalk is to make a point that
>> Python is great!
>> _______________________________________________
>> Beginners mailing list
>> [hidden email]
>> http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners
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> [Newbie Perspective]
>
> I was looking for tutorials, tracks or just about anything related to
> Smalltalk, Seaside at Oopsla2006 in Portland on October 22-26. I was
> disappointed to see that there isn't any Smalltalk related topic -
> what's up with that?
>
> -bakki
>
> PS: These are the closest things I could find-
>
>  Dynamic Languages Symposium
> (Program/Venues)
> ...ussion of dynamic languages, their implementation and applications.
> While mature dynamic languages including Smalltalk, Lisp, Scheme, and
> Prolog
>
>    T48: Totally Awesome Computing: Python as a General-Purpose
> Programming Language
> (Submission/Tutorials)
> ...nd their knowledge of the principles of programming languages,
> since advanced language features (like novel, SmallTalk-like
> applications of polymorphism) are so easy to teach in Python. Format:
> The p...
>
> ---sad to see that only mention of Smalltalk is to make a point that
> Python is great!
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