[gamache]

Your comment reads a bit like "we cargo-culted the things we could see in the Smalltalk environment, but didn't understand the underlying philosophy or elegance of what had been made; what's left to learn?"

Seeing features you like and porting them to a system where you can use them isn't cargo culting. It's progress.

[jbergens]

Unless you miss the bigger picture. Of course you can use any part you like but if the main value comes from a combination which you are no longer using while you still thinks you're using the same method/idea it might be seen as cargo culture.