Schwab,Wilhelm K wrote:
It strikes me (disagree if you feel the need) that Pharo can do all of the fun-goofy-crazy stuff that people want to protect (at cost) in Squeak. I forget who it was, but one Squeaker essentially said to me "don't break our toy." All I wanted was what Pharo is rapidly becoming: a robust system with good tools and themed feel. You want focus jumping all over - fine, just make it optional so my users don't have to live with it. Pharo is doing just that and more.
This will really stir the pudding in some minds: I think the best thing that could happen is that Squeak 6.0 == Pharo 3.0 plus packages to do whatever Squeak needs that Where do you get this Squeak6.0 =Pharo3.0 + packages.
The vision for moving squeak forward has been Squeak Small Kernel + Packages for several years now. If Squeak6.0 (kernel) + packges = Pharo3.0 + packages then I will be a happy person. The problem with it is that Pharo will have a Pharo package system, a Pharo SUinit, a Pharo Compiler, and a Pharo GUI, and none of the packages will work between squeak and pharo. Keith