Thanks Daniel. Now we do not want to compete with Squeak. We did pharo because we had to. We hope that we will produce something good that people can use. Feel free to contribute. There is always something to do (test, reporting bugs, reporting that fixes are working....). Stef
All,
I just had to let you all know that I'm so very excited about the Pharo project. I've been back and forth with Squeak for many years. Like others, I love the language, but very much disliked the interface. I knew I just couldn't foist the look-and-feel on my users and get away with it. Seaside mitigated this somewhat, since they wouldn't have to see the interface, but it was still sort of painful to me. I hated being so shallow that the look and feel affected me so much, but there it was.
I totally agree with you guys and your direction. My kids will still use Squeak, but for me, it will be Pharo, different systems for different goals. For me Pharo looks awesome, and while I've only looked a little bit at Polymorph, it seems to be exactly what is needed, a bunch of ready-made widgets to build UI's. I'll have no problem with my users dealing with this interface. I can't wait for the UI builder I've seen on Youtube. Finally, a truly cross-platform development system for smalltalk for the mainstream developer!
This is probably too long already, but thank you for all of your hard work!
DZ
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