On 4/15/12 2:59 PM, "phil@highoctane.be" <phil@highoctane.be> wrote:
I think that pharo serves a need. The need for something solid and free from restrictions related to software.
Got interested in Smallatalk and Squeak quite a long time ago. But never moved past the toy-stage with them. Went homoiconic with Tcl and "OO" with the whole Java chain.
With Pharo, there is a sense of progress, cleanliness, and will to push the boundary by making some hard choices.
And this made me interested in how things worked inside, and invest time and energy in making it a key target platform for my ideas-materialization activities in my business. Because business thrives on something solid, and innovation doesn't like arbitrary restrictions.
Owning and mastering the whole chain from VM up to Image detail is huge. In Squeak, it is accretion. I think Pharo leans more towards the "crystallization" side of things. (Yep, I drank the kool-aid).
Philippe
Agree with all Edgar