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Re: [Pharo-users] sqlite garage
by Jeff Gray Jan. 30, 2020

Jan. 30, 2020

Must have missed the memo.... Thanks. I'll check it out! -- Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html

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[ANN] Hashtable on pharo-contributions
by Cyril Ferlicot Jan. 30, 2020

Jan. 30, 2020

Hi! In Moose there is a project call "Hashtable". The goal of this project is to provide faster collections when they have a big number of elements. I think this is something that can be useful for more than just Moose so I extracted it to pharo-contributions so that we can use it and improve it more. https://github.com/pharo-contributions/Hashtable Have a nice day. -- Cyril Ferlicot https://ferlicot.fr

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sqlite garage
by Jeff Gray Jan. 30, 2020

Jan. 30, 2020

anyone using Garage for accessing SQLite? I am using Garage for MySQL in Pharo 7 on windows and it all works seamlessly but I don't know what connection string to use to connect to a database file that I have in my pharo directory. -- Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html

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Resources Page
by Richard Kenneth Eng Jan. 30, 2020

Jan. 30, 2020

I've added a Resources page to my new blog: https://smalltalk.tech.blog/resources/. It is very much a *curated *list. I felt this was needed because when I visit other Smalltalk resources pages, I get overwhelmed by the number of links and options. It is possible to have *too many* choices. Moreover, many of those links are either broken, or they point to obscure materials that people may not be interested in. As curator, it is my job to present those links that I believe will be useful. Of course, this is necessarily very subjective. Also, it is likely that I've overlooked some links that others feel are useful. However, I am open-minded. If there are Smalltalk links that you believe I should consider, please let me know.

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Smalltalk Poll
by Richard Kenneth Eng Jan. 29, 2020

Jan. 29, 2020

I'm crafting a Smalltalk poll for my blog. I just wanted to get some feedback. Have I overlooked anything? [image: image.png]

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Large Image Generator
by Benoit St-Jean Jan. 29, 2020

Jan. 29, 2020

Just read that announcement (https://pharoweekly.wordpress.com/2020/01/29/ann-large-image-generator/) on Pharo Weekly. Anyone knows more about the precise goal of that project?Â What is the exact purpose of those images and what are we trying to test?Â Garbage collection?Â The VM behavior under stress? Limitations of Pharo on a specific OS? A reference against which future versions will be benchmarked for performance? Iceberg and code management performance? How base classes react when they have to deal with millions of objects (e.g. a Bag with 15 million objects, forking 15000 processes, creating 20000 semaphores, etc) ? -- ----------------- BenoÃ®t St-Jean Yahoo! Messenger: bstjean Twitter: @BenLeChialeux Pinterest: benoitstjean Instagram: Chef_Benito IRC: lamneth GitHub: bstjean Blogue: endormitoire.wordpress.com "A standpoint is an intellectual horizon of radius zero". (A. Einstein)

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Another Smalltalk Poll
by Richard Kenneth Eng Jan. 29, 2020

Jan. 29, 2020

Any feedback? [image: image.png]

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Extending the Smalltalk Syntax
by Richard Kenneth Eng Jan. 29, 2020

Jan. 29, 2020

The fourth and final article in the series: https://smalltalk.tech.blog/2020/01/29/extending-the-smalltalk-syntax-4/. Leandro Caniglia did a great job! These kinds of articles showcase Smalltalk/Pharo in a wonderful way. Lorenzo Schiavina will be submitting an article in the very near future. I'm really looking forward to it! Anybody else care to participate?

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Migration from Spec to Spec2
by Kasper Ãsterbye Jan. 29, 2020

Jan. 29, 2020

Cheers all, There was a mail about Spec2 documentation on this list in the last few days. I had a Spec program, and wanted to see how to migrate it to Spec2. The before and after is the master and the Spec2Migration branches of: https://github.com/kasperosterbye/ovina I decided to write down an account of all my struggles in making this migration. That account is on: https://github.com/kasperosterbye/ovina/blob/Spec2Migration/SpectoSpec2.md Beware - it is LONG. In the end, I draw the following conclusions: - Class comments on which classes to use instead of the depricated ones should be mandatory! - Spotter is a real help - Changing terminology is a true pest - in particular since the terminology of a library is used in the applications - in my case Tab became Page. - The new library has not yet implemented all parts of the old one (but I am sure it has implemented new stuff as well). - The SpDemo class is not only good, it is a template for others to follow. - Do not silently delete features. Be brave and include a method oddRowColor with a comment saying it is not going to be implemented in this version, and why. Some of them refer to specifics of the code. Overall I can say, that earlier today, Estaban wrote: "Widgets API is more or less compatible, chances are that your components will work out of the box or it will be rewritten by a deprecation rule. What is not compatible and there I not auto migration is the layout. You will need to rewrite those.â I am afraid to say, that was not my experience :-) Best, Kasper

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Re: [Pharo-users] Resources Page
by horrido Jan. 29, 2020

Jan. 29, 2020

If someone can confirm that this is still true, I'll update the Resources Page. Pharo Smalltalk Users mailing list wrote > I don't know if it's still the case but "trial version" for VAST, in the > past, only meant that you could use the product forever but you didn't > have the possibility to create an executable iirc. > > On 2020-01-28 20:37, horrido wrote: >> I never consider a trial version as a free product. As far as I'm >> considered, >> it's only free (or Community Edition) if I can use it indefinitely. >> >> >> >> Dale Henrichs-3 wrote >>> I think the free license is contingent upon having contributed to an >>> open source project. Also there appears to be free trial version[1]. >>> >>> Dale >>> >>> [1] https://www.instantiations.com/products/vasmalltalk/download.html >>> >>> On 1/28/20 5:25 PM, Richard Sargent wrote: >>>> Thanks. >>>> >>>> On Tue, Jan 28, 2020, 17:21 horrido < >>> horrido.hobbies@ >>> >>> > <mailto: >>> horrido.hobbies@ >>> >> wrote: >>>> Done. I didn't realize there was a free license for GemStone/S. >>>> >>>> Too bad VA Smalltalk doesn't offer a free license. >>>> >>>> >>>> I believe they do. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Richard Sargent (again) wrote >>>> > Thank you, Richard. >>>> > >>>> > Would you be kind enough to annotate the GemStone link to point >>>> out that >>>> > we have a free license that permits commercial use, not only >>>> personal use. >>>> > >>>> > Thanks again for all your hard work! >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > On January 28, 2020 2:24:16 PM PST, Richard Kenneth Eng < >>>> >>>> > horrido.hobbies@ >>>> >>>> > > wrote: >>>> >>I've added a Resources page to my new blog: >>>> >>https://smalltalk.tech.blog/resources/. >>>> >> >>>> >>It is very much a *curated *list. I felt this was needed because >>>> when I >>>> >>visit other Smalltalk resources pages, I get overwhelmed by the >>>> number >>>> >>of >>>> >>links and options. It is possible to have *too many* choices. >>>> >> >>>> >>Moreover, many of those links are either broken, or they point >>>> to >>>> >>obscure >>>> >>materials that people may not be interested in. >>>> >> >>>> >>As curator, it is my job to present those links that I believe >>>> will be >>>> >>useful. Of course, this is necessarily very subjective. >>>> >> >>>> >>Also, it is likely that I've overlooked some links that others >>>> feel are >>>> >>useful. However, I am open-minded. If there are Smalltalk links >>>> that >>>> >>you >>>> >>believe I should consider, please let me know. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Sent from: >>>> http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html >>>> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html >> > -- > ----------------- > BenoÃ®t St-Jean > Yahoo! Messenger: bstjean > Twitter: @BenLeChialeux > Pinterest: benoitstjean > Instagram: Chef_Benito > IRC: lamneth > GitHub: bstjean > Blogue: endormitoire.wordpress.com > "A standpoint is an intellectual horizon of radius zero". (A. Einstein) -- Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html

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