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EXIF / JPEG metadata
by Alistair Grant Nov. 30, 2025

Nov. 30, 2025

Hi Everyone, As far as I can tell, JPEGReadWriter in Pharo 7 doesn't read (or write) the image metadata, e.g. title, keywords, exposure time, etc. Is anyone aware of a package that does? Thanks! Alistair

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Re: [Pharo-users] Personal wiki / information manager
by Evan Donahue Sept. 25, 2023

Sept. 25, 2023

Seems that Pharo is a magnet for this kind of project. I've been writing one as well and using it to organize my research notes. Does anyone working on personal info mgmt tools want to talk offline? I expect we're running into some of the same issues, both conceptual and technical. Evan

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WebDav and CalDav in Pharo ?
by CÃ©drick BÃ©ler April 13, 2022

April 13, 2022

Hi all, I do some experiments with iCal. For now I serve a full calendar over HTTP. Not bad, but it is read only. Iâd like to try CalDAV. I was looking for it, and also webDAV. Gofer it smalltalkhubUser: 'UdoSchneider' project: 'FileSystemNetwork'; configuration; load. #ConfigurationOfFileSystemNetwork asClass project stableVersion load: 'Webdav' Iâve found the project of Udo, but it doesnât load on P8. I think this is due to the stream refactoring. Right now the image hung. Iâll try maybe to load it manually. But I was wondering oof there were other alternatives ? TIA, CÃ©drick

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grants Master Internship / offres de stage Master
by Pierre Bommel Feb. 10, 2022

Feb. 10, 2022

(sorry for redundancies) Hello, Bonjour, Hola, We are looking for a Master internship to work on Cormas, a simulation platform (https://github.com/cormas/cormas , or see here for our presentation at ESUG: https://hackmd.iscpif.fr/GGwvzBFqRASE5zCzlRwArQ?view) Nous recherchons un stagiaire de Master pour travailler sur Cormas, une plateforme de simulation (https://github.com/cormas/cormas , cf. notre prÃ©sentation Ã ESUG: https://hackmd.iscpif.fr/GGwvzBFqRASE5zCzlRwArQ?view) Estamos buscando un estudiante de MaestrÃa para trabajar en Cormas. Voici l'annonce en franÃ§ais (in English below) : https://www.hdigitag.fr/fr/les-offres-de-stage-digitag/ *Simulation participative de la gestion des ressources renouvelables dans des environnements hybrides* *Mots-clÃ©*: Simulation participative, Computer Vision , Smalltalk, Cormas * *DurÃ©e souhaitÃ©e du stageÂ (nombre de mois):*8 * *Date de dÃ©but du stage*: 1/02/2021 * *UnitÃ© de recherche*: Green, Cirad * *Contact*: Bommel Pierre : bommel(a)cirad.fr * *#DigitAg*: Axe 2 : Innovations en agriculture numÃ©rique, Axe 6 : ModÃ©lisation et simulation (systÃ¨mes de production agricole) / Challenge 1 :Â Le challenge agroÃ©cologique, Challenge 2 :Â Le phÃ©notypage rapide, Challenge 6 :Â La gestion des territoires agricoles, Challenge 7 :Â IntÃ©gration de lâagriculture dans les chaÃ®nes de valeur, Challenge 8 : DÃ©veloppement agricole au Sud Lâambition dâÃ©liminer les interfaces physiques qui permettent lâinteraction avec les machines est une idÃ©e ancienne dans le monde de lâinformatique qui a pris plusieurs directions. La plus emblÃ©matique pour le grand public a Ã©mergÃ© en 2005 sous le nom de âprojet Natalâ repris et dÃ©mocratisÃ© par Microsoft dans sa derniÃ¨re version baptisÃ©e âAzure Kinectâ (2019). Ce capteur dÃ©tecte les mouvements et les objets dans le champ de vision de lâutilisateur pour produire des rÃ©sultats dans un logiciel. Il a Ã©tÃ© abondamment dÃ©tournÃ© et enrichi depuis ses dÃ©buts grand public pour permettre de nouvelles maniÃ¨res dâinteragir avec les machines. Par ailleurs, le groupe de chercheurs Ã lâorigine de la crÃ©ation dâune plateforme de modÃ©lisation Ã base dâagents baptisÃ©e Cormas [1] fait actuellement face Ã des besoins accrus dâinteractivitÃ©s dans les simulations participatives. BasÃ©e sur le langage Smalltalk, Cormas est dÃ©veloppÃ©e depuis la fin des annÃ©es 1990 par une Ã©quipe fortement interdisciplinaire. Au-delÃ des usages traditionnels de la modÃ©lisation agents, Cormas se dÃ©marque des autres plateformes par des processus originaux de modÃ©lisation : lâapproche ComMod (pour Companion Modeling : modÃ©lisation dâaccompagnement [2]), qui vise Ã proposer des outils permettant de participer activement Ã la conception dâun modÃ¨le, mais aussi de sâimmerger dans des situations de jeux interactifs. Le jeu (de plateau ou informatisÃ©) sert alors de support pour Ã©changer sur une situation vÃ©cue. En 2012, pour la premiÃ¨re fois, lâÃ©quipe utilisait un video-projecteur Ã ultra-courte focale pour projeter sur une table un plateau de jeu. Ce simple changement a induit des comportements radicalement diffÃ©rents leur permettant une interaction beaucoup plus naturelle avec les simulations informatisÃ©es. En outre, la configuration spatiale des acteurs favorise les interactions sociales. Mais jusquâÃ aujourdâhui, la saisie manuelle par lâanimateur des dÃ©cisions prises par les joueurs reste nÃ©cessaire ce qui rÃ©duit la fluiditÃ© et la spontanÃ©itÃ© des interactions. LâÃ©quipe en charge du dÃ©veloppement de Cormas souhaite investiguer les possibilitÃ©s offertes par les nouvelles applications liÃ©es Ã la dÃ©tection dâobjets et de mouvements en portant un prototype de simulation participative dans le champ de la simulation hybride entre modÃ¨le informatique et jeu physique. Ce travail de preuve de concept appliquÃ© au modÃ¨le ReHab (modÃ¨le Ã©cole de ComMod) nÃ©cessitera de mettre au point des mÃ©thodes de dÃ©tection fiables dâobjets physiques pour Ãªtre intÃ©grÃ©es dans le calcul du nouvel Ã©tat simulÃ©. Aujourdâhui, Cormas sâappuie sur Pharo (Smalltalk open-source). Cette solution est dÃ©veloppÃ©e par lâINRIA et par un consortium de chercheurs et dâindustriels. La communautÃ© dynamique propose un ensemble de packages permettant de mutualiser le dÃ©veloppement de fonctionnalitÃ©s qui pourraient Ãªtre mobilisÃ©es pour proposer un prototype pour des simulation participative et la dÃ©tection dâobjets *English* : https://www.hdigitag.fr/en/digitag-master2-internship-offers/ *Participatory simulation of renewable resource management in hybrid environments* * *Keywords*: Participatory simulation, Computer Vision , Smalltalk, Cormas * *Duration*: 8 months * *Desired start date*: 1/02/2021 * *Research Unit*: Green, Cirad * *Contact*: Bommel Pierre â bommel(a)cirad.fr * *#DigitAg*: Axe 2,Axe 6 â Challenge 1,Challenge 2 ,Challenge 6 ,Challenge 7, Challenge 8 The ambition to remove the physical interfaces that allow interactions with computers is an old idea in the IT world that took several directions. The most emblematic one for the general public emerged in 2005 under the name of âProject Natalâ taken up and democratized by Microsoft in its latest version called âAzure Kinectâ (2019). This sensor detects movements and objects in the userâs field of vision to produce results in softwares.Â It has been abundantly diverted and enriched since its beginnings for the general public to allow new ways of interacting with computers. In addition, the group of researchers behind the development of an agent-based modeling platform called Cormas [1] is currently facing increased needs for interactivity in participatory simulations. Based on the Smalltalk language, Cormas has been developed since the late 1990s by a highly interdisciplinary team. Beyond the traditional uses of agent modeling, Cormas differs from other platforms by innovative modeling processes: the ComMod approach (Companion Modeling [2]), which aims to provide tools to actively participate in the design of a model, but also to immerse oneself in interactive game situations.Â The game (board or computer game) is then used as a support to exchange on a real-life situation. In 2012, for the first time, the team used an ultra-short focal projector to project a game board on a table. This simple change induced radically different behaviors of the actors allowing them to interact more naturally with computer simulations. In addition, the spatial configuration of the actors favors social interactions.Â But until today, manual input by the facilitator of the decisions taken by the players remains necessary, which reduces the fluidity and spontaneity of interactions. The team in charge of Cormasâ development wishes to investigate the possibilities offered by new opportunities related to the detection of objects and movements by bringing a prototype of participatory simulation in the field of hybrid simulation between computer model and physical game.This proof of concept work applied to the ReHab model (ComModâs school model) will require the development of reliable detection methods for physical objects to be integrated into the calculation of the new simulated state. Today, Cormas relies on Pharo (an open-source Smalltalk).Â This solution is implemented by INRIA and a consortium of researchers and industrialists. The dynamic community proposes a set of packages allowing to mutualize the development of functionalities that could be mobilized to propose a prototype for participative simulation and object detection

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How to flatten traits
by Jupiter Jones Nov. 22, 2021

Nov. 22, 2021

Hi All, There used to be a method to #flattenDownTraits that I canât find the equivalent in Pharo 8. How do you go about flattening traits now? Thanks for any advice. Cheers, J

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[ANN] Pharo 9 released!
by Esteban Lorenzano Aug. 5, 2021

Aug. 5, 2021

Dear World and dynamic language lovers: The time has come for Pharo 9 (https://pharo.org/) ! Pharo is a pure object-oriented programming language and a powerful environment, focused on simplicity and immediate feedback. Here are the key features of Pharo 9: Full redesign of the Spec UI framework (new logic, application, style, GTK3 back-end) New tools: new playground, new object centric inspector, new object centric debugger. better and new Refactorings class comments are now written in Microdown format (Markdown compatible) classes now can be defined using a "fluid" api (Preview) New completion framework that adapts better to edition contexts and is customizable Fast universal non-blocking FFI which now uses libFFI as backend. Pharo now supports Windows, OSX, Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, Arch, Raspbian) and multiple architectures (Intel/ARM 32/64bits). Virtual Machine Idle VM Support for ARM 64bits Support for Apple M1 More than 3000 tests Built for Ubuntu 18.04, 19.04, 20.04, 21.04, 21.10; Debian 9, 10, Testing; Fedora 32, 32, 34; openSUSE 15.1, 15.2, Tumbleweed; Manjaro; Arch Uses SDL 2.0 as back-end by default. It supports extended event handling, including trackpad support. General speed up due to compiler optimisations and UI simplification. And many, many more tests. These are just the more prominent highlights, but the details are just as important. We have closed a massive amount of issues: around 1400 issues and 2150 pull requests. A more extended changelog can be found at https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-changelogs/blob/master/Pharo90Change…. While the technical improvements are significant, still the most impressive fact is that the new code that got in the main Pharo 9 image was contributed by more than 90 people. Pharo is more than code. It is an exciting project involving a great community. We thank all the contributors to this release: Aaron Bieber, Ackerley Tng, Alban Benmouffek, Ale Cossio, Alexandre Bergel, Alistair Grant, Allex Oliveira, Angela Chia-Ling, Arturo Zambrano, Asbathou Biyalou-Sama, Ben Coman, Benoit Verhaegue, Carlo Teixeira, Carlos Lopez, Carolina Hernandez, Charles A. Monteiro, Christoph Thiede, Christophe Demarey, Clotilde Toullec, Cyril Ferlicot, Damien Pollet, Daniel Aparicio, David Bajger, David SÃ¡nchez i Gregori, Denis Kudriashov, Ellis Harris, Eric Brandwein, Eric Gade, Erik Stel, ErikOnBike, Esteban Lorenzano, Esteban Villalobos, Evelyn Cusi Lopez, Evelyn Cusi Lopez, Ewan Dawson, Francis Pineda, Francis Pineda, Gabriel Omar Cotelli, Geraldine Galindo, Giovanni Corriga, Guille Polito, Himanshu jld, Johan Brichau, Jonathan van Alteren, Jordan Montt, Julien Delplanque, Kamil Kukura, Kasper Ãsterbye, Kurt Kilpela, Laurine Dargaud, Marco Rimoldi, Marcus Denker, Martin Dias, Martin McClure, Massimo Nocentini, Max Leske, Maximilian Ignacio Willembrinck Santander, Milton Mamani Torres, Moussa Saker, Myroslava Romaniuk, Nicolas Anquetil, Norbert Hartl, Nour Djihan, Oleksandr Zaitsev, Pablo SÃ¡nchez RodrÃguez, Pablo Tesone, Pavel Krivanek, Philippe Lesueur, Pierre Misse, Rakshit P., Rob Sayers, Roland Bernard, Ronie Salgado, Sean DeNigris, Sebastian Jordan MontaÃ±o, Serge Stinckwich, Stephan Eggermont, Steven Costiou, StÃ©phane Ducasse, Sven Van Caekenberghe, Thomas Dupriez, ThÃ©o Lanord, ThÃ©o Rogliano, Todd Blanchard, Torsten Bergmann, Vincent Blondeau, WÃ©slleymberg Lisboa. (If you contributed with Pharo 9 development in any way and we missed your name, please send us an email and we will add you). Enjoy! The Pharo Team Try Pharo: http://pharo.org/download (https://pharo.org/download) Learn Pharo: http://pharo.org/documentation (https://pharo.org/documentation)

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Preserve VCS history while renaming package
by Vitor Medina Cruz Aug. 1, 2021

Aug. 1, 2021

Hello, Is it possible to rename a package while keeping code history? When I do that, for example, rename from A to B, Iceberg shows me that A is no longer loaded, it is not aware of the refactoring. If I remove A and add package B and prompts a commit, it shows me like all inside B is new and that A was deleted, losing the renaming history link. Is it possible to keep that link, and workaround or such thing, or for now it isn't supported? Thanks, Vitor

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Is there anyone able to push to Github
by Jesus Mari Aguirre Aug. 1, 2021

Aug. 1, 2021

Are you able to push to github this morning? I'm not able to push in any of my pharo images from my laptop but I can push from other applications... It returns a 403 error, I changes from https to rsa keys(and added my public key to the github project) to and same result.

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Re: [ANN] Bootstrap 5 for Seaside in Pharo
by Sanjay Minni July 31, 2021

July 31, 2021

Hi Torsten, Further ... I just saw that SBSDevelopmentLibrary contains CSS & JS - however its for 5.0.1, Further the download library may not contain popper as mentioned in getbootstrap The JS library loaded thru html script is 5.0.2 (its in updateRoot: and renderContentOn:) If this has a bearing to carousel, collapse & modal not working then a clean up may help I tried importing the 5.0.2 JS/CSS files in a FileLibrary but it thru an error. And anyway couldn't figure out how to get popper in a library just some pointers with warm regards Sanjay Minni On Sat, 31 Jul 2021 at 12:11, Sanjay Minni <sm(a)planage.com> wrote: > Hi Torsten > > this thread / announcement is not appearing in forum.world.st, i > dont know how many in the group *_browse only_* thru that interface (must > be dwindling anyway), this is case you want to repost there thru the > browser interface there > > > with warm regards > Sanjay Minni > +91-9900-902902 > http://planage.com > https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjayminni/ > > > > On Sat, 31 Jul 2021 at 11:55, Sanjay Minni <sm(a)planage.com> wrote: > >> Thanks, >> >> Checked it out. >> Dropdown and Navbar dropdown are working, >> but carousel, collapse and modal are not working. >> >> also, i don't know if it is relevant - >> on the bs5 doc homepage (at >> https://getbootstrap.com/docs/5.0/getting-started/introduction/) : >> 1. it says css file >> https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.0.2/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css >> must be loaded before other stylesheets, but i couldn't see it loaded. >> 2. The javascript file >> https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.0.2/dist/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js >> >> is required before closing </body> tag, but i see it loaded twice, in the >> header and near the end of the page >> (I attempted the above but not having skills at tool development level i >> get held up at every little thing) >> >> in the examples - Alerts - the link in the link colour example points to >> BS-4 doc, you may want to change that to BS-5 :) >> >> with warm regards >> Sanjay Minni >> >> >> >> On Sat, 31 Jul 2021 at 00:49, Torsten Bergmann <astares(a)gmx.de> wrote: >> >>> Hi Sanjay, >>> >>> you wrote: >>> >as some of the examples are not working for me like "collapse" >>> "dropdown" >>> >>> This was already fixed - I forgot to push to GH. Load latest version >>> from master. >>> >>> Have fun >>> T. (aka "astares") >>> >>

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[ANN] Bootstrap 5 for Seaside in Pharo
by Torsten Bergmann July 31, 2021

July 31, 2021

Hi, after some of you are using https://github.com/astares/Seaside-Bootstrap4 I wanted to let you know that I just published the new / updated project to support for Bootstrap 5 web development (https://getbootstrap.com) in Seaside using Pharo. Project location is on GitHub: https://github.com/astares/Seaside-Bootstrap5 It might not be fully complete by 100% with all new possibilities of BS5 - but it is usable and tests are green in Pharo 8 and Pharo 9. Examples are included, just follow the instructions on the Github page. Feel free to send contributions via PR's. Have fun! T.

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Zeroconf downloading latest rather than stable
by David Pennington July 29, 2021

July 29, 2021

Hi there. I have done a clean install of Pharo 9.0 using the zeroconf on get.pharo.org. I am using curl https://get.pharo.org | bash When running the environment, I get a message at startup telling me that my VM is too old and that I should install a newer one - I am running it on an M1 MacMini. However, after discussions on Discord, it seems that the above script installs the latest âstableâ, not the latest VM. How do I get out of this little wrinkle? David

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Re: The Greatest Contributors to Smalltalk since 1980
by Tim Mackinnon July 29, 2021

July 29, 2021

ï»¿ I forgot to mention in my answer - this should in no way detract from the visions of other projects some of which Iâm less familiar with - Squeak, Cuis, GT, SqueakJS, Livey, Caffeineâ¦ Iâm in awe of all of themâ¦ And I think thatâs my point - itâs the communities and the work they do to promote a live, simple, fun and feature rich coding experience that we should all celebrate. Tim > On 25 Jul 2021, at 16:30, Tim Mackinnon <tim(a)testit.works> wrote: > ï»¿ > Isnât this the wrong question to ask? Iâm assuming this is to do with Smalltalkâs 50th anniversary, and of course we are grateful to those early pioneers who did lots of work in the field 20-30 years ago but to me thatâs the old history and while itâs interesting to call out, it doesnât shed life on the day to day energy we have today - whst keeps Smalltalk alive and current. > > Iâd like to nominate the Pharo community - being brave enough to fork when it was felt that doing something different was interesting enough to take the flack for it. But more than this, so many people have continued to contribute - teach, fix, pioneer etc. Particularly when there are so many other languages and movements you can follow - continuing the vision of a simple, malleable system that everyone can understand and fix is commendable. > > If you really want a name - Iâd say Stephan Ducasse and Marcus Denker - I heard them stand up at Esug 2007 (Lugano) and really call out a vision for a malleable environment that was Smalltalk inspired but would let them properly experiment with new language ideas (I recall in particular the reference to reified inst var slots to let them manipulate programs more easily when experimenting). This was possibly the foreshadow to Pharo, and it took about 10 years of incremental improvements to achieve that exciting 2007 vision that I recall painted at the time. It certainly didnât happen in a day , and itâs still happening now as we read this, and the job is still not done. > > But in a way Iâm kind of reluctant to name, names as so many people have piled in around that community vision to make something that will continue to live and experiment. But to Stephan/Marcus and everyone else - hats off to you for creating something that is fun and productive to use, but more importantly is inspiring enough to contribute to. > > Tim > >> On 25 Jul 2021, at 11:00, Clacton Server <david(a)totallyobjects.com> wrote: >> ï»¿Eric Clayberg - John OâKeefe?? >> >>> On 25 Jul 2021, at 09:33, Richard Sargent <rsargent(a)5x5.on.ca> wrote: >>> >>> Dave Thomas of OTI probably ranks in your list. >>> >>> On July 24, 2021 3:44:40 PM PDT, horrido.hobbies(a)gmail.com wrote: >>>> >>>> Iâm looking for a list of individuals who have contributed greatly to the advancement of Smalltalk, post Xerox PARC period (1972-1980). By advancement, I donât only mean on a technical basis but on an educational or public awareness basis (this could include books, podcasts, talk circuit, video instruction, etc.). Any basis that has made Smalltalk a success in the marketplace (including commercialization). >>>> >>>> I posted this question on LinkedIn and got one useful response: the late James Robertson. >>>> >>>> My personal nomination is Kent Beck. >>>> >>>> Iâm not that familiar with the deep history of Smalltalk, so Iâm looking for more nominations. >>>> >>>> Thanks.

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one year contract
by stephane ducasse July 29, 2021

July 29, 2021

Hello this is a one year contract with remote working possibility in Pharo of course. We will produce an english version. Please contact Nicolas Becu. Nicolas Becu <nicolas.becu(a)cnrs.fr> _____________ Nicolas Becu Chercheur CNRS Littoral Environnement et SociÃ©tÃ©s (UMR LIENSs) TÃ©l : 05 16 49 67 94 S

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Updates from the trenches...
by stephane ducasse July 28, 2021

July 28, 2021

Hello community Just a little mail from holidays to let you know that from September on we will try a new organisation. Pharo 9 (with Covid and amount of work) was stressful for us. Seriously we deliver more than expected so we did several meta meetings (and we will continue) to understand how we can work with less stress. In particular we want to be able to give better feedback to the community while being able to deliver the large items we have on our plate. In a nutshell every month we will have - a full working day around - design ideas such as https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo/wiki/01-PhIP-Simplify-Pragma-Storage - new tools such as MethodProxies to look at our lovely system in different ways https://github.com/pharo-contributions/MethodProxies - code review - a full internal bug/issue internal sprint we want to be able to concentrate on issues that require concentration and we want to make sure that we can provide feedback and integrate PRs that need brain. - our monthly open sprint (we hope that Covid 4th wave will not break our fun once again). Stef

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[ANN] Hyperspace v3.0.0 [v3.0.0] released!
by Buenos Aires Smalltalk July 28, 2021

July 28, 2021

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Zinc exception logging
by Esteban Maringolo July 28, 2021

July 28, 2021

Is there a way to have a "stack dump" response in Zinc? #debugMode is good for development, but I'm having an "Internal Error: 4", that I don't know how to trace. * Trying 167.71.182.110... * TCP_NODELAY set * Connected to fore.base.golf (167.71.182.110) port 8090 (#0) > GET /web HTTP/1.1 > Host: x.y.z:8090 > User-Agent: curl/7.58.0 > Accept: */* > < HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error < Content-Length: 512 < Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8 < Server: Zinc HTTP Components 1.0 (Pharo/8.0) < Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2021 00:45:39 GMT < * Connection #0 to host x.y.z left intact Internal Error: 4 Regards! Esteban A. Maringolo

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How many active Smalltalkers worldwide?
by horrido.hobbies＠gmail.com July 27, 2021

July 27, 2021

Iâm guessing between 10 and 20 thousand. Iâm guessing a few thousand for each of GemStone/S, Pharo, Squeak, VAST, and VisualWorks. Iâm guessing a few hundred for each of Amber, Cuis, Dolphin, and GNU.

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ZnServer on a cheap server: your experiences
by vinref＠gmail.com July 27, 2021

July 27, 2021

Anyone here run a web app using plain ZnServer (or subclasses) on a cheap VPS (i.e., $10/month DO droplet or equivalent). What are your experiences?, suggestions. I am planning a web app with just plain ZnServer, SQLite3, ATS or equivalent. Thanks, Vince

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Error in Pharo 9's Spec UI Framework Demo
by tau July 26, 2021

July 26, 2021

In the Spec2 examples included with Pharo9, in the example for SpListPresenter, when I try to input text in the list filter, I get an error: the debug window says: "Instance of OrderedCollection did not understand #hasElementAt:". The example works correctly in Pharo8. Is there a workaround to make the example work?

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The Greatest Contributors to Smalltalk since 1980
by horrido.hobbies＠gmail.com July 26, 2021

July 26, 2021

Iâm looking for a list of individuals who have contributed greatly to the advancement of Smalltalk, post Xerox PARC period (1972-1980). By advancement, I donât only mean on a technical basis but on an educational or public awareness basis (this could include books, podcasts, talk circuit, video instruction, etc.). Any basis that has made Smalltalk a success in the marketplace (including commercialization). I posted this question on LinkedIn and got one useful response: the late James Robertson. My personal nomination is Kent Beck. Iâm not that familiar with the deep history of Smalltalk, so Iâm looking for more nominations. Thanks.

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How do I remove old classes?
by Clacton Server July 23, 2021

July 23, 2021

I have been having an enduring problem with Pharo "disappearing" on any machine I try it on. In an effort to resolve that it isn't my code, I want to remove the Package that contains all my Seaside code so that I can install a minimal home page under Seaside. This will, at least exonerate my code. However, I have removed the offending package, executed Smalltalk cleanUp: true but I can still get into the old code. A debugger comes up when I try the old code and it shows "AnObsoleteCNWMeetingsGalleries(AnObsoleteCNWBasic)" so the code is still there and all the bots that have the address will still be calling it. How do I finally remove the code? David Pennington

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[ANN] Buoy v6.1.0 [v6.1.0] released!
by Buenos Aires Smalltalk July 23, 2021

July 23, 2021

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Pharo concurrency: select on socket or file IO
by vinref＠gmail.com July 22, 2021

July 22, 2021

Can the Pharo VM or a library do a âselectâ on a collection of processes waiting on a socket or file IO? Something like https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/select.2.html, or https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winsock2/nf-winsock2-sel…. Say I have a bunch of forked processes and some will get blocked waiting for IO. I would put the blocked connections/processes in a collection and non-blocked processes can continue to do useful work. At some appropriate I would do a select on the blocked processes and resume those that are done. Vince

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Share package
by mspgate＠gmail.com July 22, 2021

July 22, 2021

Hello everybody, sorry for the newbie question. I would like to know what is the fastest, lightweight way to share a package with other Pharo users. the package can be downloaded from my GitHub. thanks. d

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[ANN] smalltalkCI now supports Pharo 10
by Esteban Lorenzano July 21, 2021

July 21, 2021

... this is more for Pharo developpers than Pharo users, but informing also users just in case :) https://github.com/hpi-swa/smalltalkCI/pull/538 Esteban

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