Dear all, A few weeks ago, I read about the dispute on Spec, which has escalated, and as a result of that, Ben has left the Pharo/Smalltalk community. It's always sad when a long term member leaves, but live is going on.
From my (somewhat business minded) point of view one question is currently unanswered: Is there a future of Spec (without Ben)?
I'm asking this because I'm the author of a web frontend engine which can be bound to a programming language (like Pharo) to create desktop-like web applications. Currently there is an implementation for the J programming language as well as a rough (but working) implementation for Pharo. My plans for the (far) future is to bind the frontend engine to Pharo in a more elegant way probably by extending Spec. So one may write a desktop application in Spec, and a corresponding web GUI is automatically created as well. So I'm currently a little unsure whether to go with Spec or going back to the good old Polymorph. Is somebody of the core team able to clarify the situation? Many thanks in advance. Martin