Esteban Well, I am carrying on, but I do wonder why Pharo has to be such a rapidly moving target. There are virtues in stability, and perhaps there should be a filtering process before any change is made, to ensure that the benefits outweigh any disruption. I must admit that, at times, Pharo looks like a playground for a fairly small group of very clever people who are in love with the process of development. I got involved with Pharo again recently - having looked at it briefly several years ago - because I had read papers, mainly by Lukas Renggli, about Magritte and PetitParser, and I thought these were brilliant ideas that I wanted to explore. But am sure that, if I could get the functions of Magritte and PetitParser in a stable environment like Dolphin, I would drop Pharo like a shot. While I am in a moaning mood - I'm not always like this! - could anyone tell me whether there is a glossary of names for Pharo extensions which will tell beginners like me what they are for and whether they are worth learning about. I have come across Cairo, Athens, Zinc, Fuel, Spec, Grease and Shout - just as names, with no idea what they do and no obvious way of finding out. Is there any place where I can look these things up? They all exist in the Forum image that I downloaded today, but the system browser contains no general explanation. Peter Kenny PS I've just seen Stephan's reply while composing this. Thanks - it all gets a bit clearer. You might take my last paragraph above as my response to your last paragraph! -----Original Message----- From: Pharo-users [mailto:pharo-users-bounces@lists.pharo.org] On Behalf Of Esteban A. Maringolo Sent: 14 May 2014 13:30 To: Any question about pharo is welcome Subject: Re: [Pharo-users] Problem learning about Magritte 2014-05-14 9:25 GMT-03:00 PBK Research <peter@pbkresearch.co.uk>:
Stephan
Still, I am making progress with my original aim of learning about Magritte, and there are many helpful people on this group, so you can just regard this as me blowing off steam after things had not gone completely easily.
Plus, you mention you're coming from Dolphin Smalltalk. Which is easier than the average, in terms of straightforwardness. Pharo has A LOT to offer, once you get used to aim at a moving target :) Esteban A. Maringolo