[Cuis-dev] Please collect references to Cuis

Gerald Klix cuis.01 at klix.ch
Wed Jan 31 10:14:35 PST 2024


Hi Juan,

That's a pity. AFAIK Wikipedia does not consider public email a reliable 
source.


Nevertheless it was worth a try,

Gerald



On 1/31/24 7:08 PM, Juan Vuletich wrote:
> Hi Gerald,
>
> Those quotes are from public email. They are from 2007, before the 
> project was called Cuis, but they are about what got named Cuis a bit 
> later.
> (inline)
>
> On 1/31/2024 2:05 PM, Gerald Klix via Cuis-dev wrote:
>> Maybe Juan can answer were these quotes are taken from:
>>
>>     “Yay, Juan. You GO, guy! …a great example of malleable software
>>     (and a clever mind) at work.”
>>
>>     *Dan Ingalls <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Ingalls>*
>>
>
> http://forum.world.st/The-Weekly-Juan-10-quot-Cheap-High-Quality-Fonts-in-Squeak-quot-tc62426.html#a62427 
>
> Apr 27, 2007; 4:53am Dan Ingalls Dan Ingalls
> Yay, Juan.  You GO, guy!
> You might be able to avoid the step of manually marking up your 
> text-editor rendering by putting each character on a separate line, 
> followed by , eg, "|" to identify the widths.
> Really nice hack -- a great example of malleable software (and a 
> clever mind) at work.
> Ciao
>         - Dan
>
>>     “I like it… It’s nice and clean and simple and pretty. Nice stuff!”
>>
>>     *Alan Kay <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Kay>
>>     *
>>
>>     **
>>
>
> http://forum.world.st/debugging-Display-need-an-advice-tc62236.html#a62245 
>
> Apr 27, 2007; 10:02am Alan Kay Alan Kay
> Hi Juan --
> I like it also. It's nice and clean and simple and pretty. Nice stuff!
> Cheers,
> Alan
>
>>     **
>>
>> I assume, when we quote Alan Kay, nobody will refuse an article about 
>> a Smalltak implementation.
>>
>
> I think some convincing wording is needed here!
>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Gerald
>
> Thanks,
>
>> On 1/31/24 3:44 PM, Hilaire Fernandes via Cuis-dev wrote:
>>> Hi folks,
>>>
>>> IMHO, regarding Cuis reference in Wikipedia, we need to collect 
>>> articles, publications mentioning Cuis, then build the content of 
>>> the Cuis Wikipedia article around it. Yes, may be it looks strange, 
>>> but it will ensure good sourcing and acceptation.
>>>
>>> Therefore, in the wiki 
>>> (https://github.com/Cuis-Smalltalk/Cuis-Smalltalk-Dev/wiki), I 
>>> structured three pages where you can participate:
>>>
>>>  * *Wikipedia article. *To elaborate the body of the article. I set up
>>>    an initial structure and wrote an introduction.
>>>  * *Cuis sources.* To cite articles, publications explicitly citing 
>>> Cuis
>>>  * *Other references.* To cite other articles,  including about
>>>    Smalltalk and other
>>>
>>> Please contribute to one or several of these sections so we have a 
>>> descent presence in Wikipedia
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> Hilaire
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>



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