March 2016 - Pharo-users - lists.pharo.org

A new idea for a project: WarpSpeed (a C inliner)
by Dimitris Chloupis March 2, 2016

March 2, 2016

So now that AsmJit is gone , I had a new idea for a project and I wanted your opinion on this if you think it will be useful for the community, I call it WarpSpeed. I was thinking it would still be cool to have some kind of library that will help us boost the speed of pharo . So I was thinking about a C inliner which is far easier than an Assembly inliner (see AsmJIT) I also found TinyC http://bellard.org/tcc/ which is as you guessed a tiny c compiler 100kbs in size which i can include with a pharo image to allow me to dynamically compile inlined C code inside the pharo image so even pharo users without a C compiler installed can benefit from it . That means that if something does not perform as fast as you want you could mix C code with pharo code , I am thinking passing the C source code as a string or even having the C code in a separate file, and then dynamically call the TinyC compiler, compile it to shared library and load if via UFFI back to pharo. TinyC is very fast so compilation of the code should be as fast if not faster than compiling pharo code. Looks easy enough to do for a small project by me with the condition there are people really interested into something like this. TinyC is licensed as LGPL but I can make it fall back to other compilers as well if ones want to close the source. How it sounds as an idea ?

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Zn / Connection closed while waiting for data
by Volkert March 2, 2016

March 2, 2016

Dear all, " 'http://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/raw/4063318/dji.csv' asUrl retrieveContents " lead to this error: "wget http://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/raw/4063318/dji.csv" fetches the csv file. The snippet is part of the Roassal RTCalenderExample>>exampleVisualizationCSV and i had never a problem with it. Pharo4.0 Latest update: #40621 On Ubuntu 14.04 Volkert

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Pharo Contributors & Consultants
by Peter UhnÃ¡k March 2, 2016

March 2, 2016

Hi all, we are currently updating the pages for Pharo Contributors and Consultants. https://consultants.pharo.org/ and https://contributors.pharo.org/ if you want to add or update your record (info, mail, image, ...), you can do so by sending us a pull request on GitHub in the appropriate repository the format is STON so it should be understandable. Contributors: https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-project-contributors Consultants: https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-project-consultants Alternatively you can open an issue in the github issue tracker with the new info and it will be handled. Peter

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Pharo Days 2016 Registration is open
by Sven Van Caekenberghe March 2, 2016

March 2, 2016

Registration for the Pharo Days 2016 is now open ! We are using EventBrite. You can buy tickets using PayPal and any credit card. If absolutely necessary, you can opt for an off line payment. Please register on time. http://www.eventbrite.com/e/pharo-days-2016-tickets-22454533113 For social registration you can use Doodle. http://doodle.com/poll/rsc86cqzxbgwr9tr Spread the word: http://pharodays2016.pharo.org.

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missing project from Pharo Catalog Browser
by Peter UhnÃ¡k March 1, 2016

March 1, 2016

Hi, I've noticed that my IconFactory is missing in both Catalog Browser and http://catalog.pharo.org/ Yet I can clearly see it in MetaRepoForPharo50, and the following also works (loaded from MetaRepo) Metacello new configuration: 'IconFactory'; smalltalkhubUser: 'Pharo' project: 'MetaRepoForPharo50'; load Did I miss something? Because it used to be there and now its gone. Thanks, Peter

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Pharo Days 2016 Pre-Registration
by Sven Van Caekenberghe March 1, 2016

March 1, 2016

Hi, The Pharo Days 2016 are at the end of this month. We are really looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible. The official registration is not yet online, but we need attendance numbers to plan ahead. We therefor ask you to complete the following Doodle if you plan on coming: http://doodle.com/poll/rsc86cqzxbgwr9tr There are 3 time slots: first day, social diner on the first evening, and second day. The schedule and list of talks is not yet final, but a draft is already available: http://pharodays2016.pharo.org At least one slot is not yet defined, feel free to make a suggestion for a topic you would find interesting. In the afternoon, you have the opportunity to do informal, demo style presentations of your work to small groups. Regards, The Pharo Board

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Fwd: Pharo Consortium GSoC 2016 application status
by serge.stinckwich＠gmail.com March 1, 2016

March 1, 2016

Sent from my iPhone Begin forwarded message: > From: Google Summer of Code <summerofcode-noreply(a)google.com> > Date: 29 fÃ©vrier 2016 21:36:26 UTC+1 > To: sergestinckwich(a)gmail.com > Subject: Pharo Consortium GSoC 2016 application status > > > > Thank you for applying to be a Google Summer of Code 2016 mentor organization. Sadly, we were unable to accept Pharo Consortium this year. We had many more applications than we had available slots this year but we do hope you will apply again in the future. > > You are receiving this email because of your participation in Google Summer of Code 2016. > https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com > > To leave the program and stop receiving all emails, you can go to your profile and request deletion of your program profile. > > For any questions, please contact gsoc-support(a)google.com. Replies to this message go to an unmonitored mailbox. > > Â© 2016 Google Inc., 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA 94043, USA >

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Pharocloud's Ephemeric Cloud is open for Pharo association memebers
by mikefilonov March 1, 2016

March 1, 2016

Hi, I am happy to announce that we open free access to Ephemeric Cloud to all Pharo association members! To get your free account please follow the below steps: 1) Register at Pharocloud and activate your Ephemeric Cloud access. 2) Contact me at support(a)pharocloud.com with your Ephemeric User ID and request of activation your free subscription. 3) Join Slack #cloud channel of Pharo team to ask questions and discuss. You may find documentation here: http://docs.swarm.pharocloud.com We are updating the document with your feedback so please feel free to send us any comments. Thanks, Mike -- View this message in context: http://forum.world.st/Pharocloud-s-Ephemeric-Cloud-is-open-for-Pharo-associ… Sent from the Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.

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SortFunctions
by stepharo March 1, 2016

March 1, 2016

I enjoyed reading this. I do not know if we have this simple but cool lib for Pharo but we should. Stef Objology: TAG-SortFunctions Objology: TAG-SortFunctions Objology: TAG-SortFunctions

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