I use it mainly for teaching at the university:<div><ul><li>Free (no cost) and Free (open source)</li><li>The easy setup allows my beginner students to focus on OOP topics</li><li>Several integrated tools: programming environment + test framework + coverage tool + source control tool. All other popular langages (java, ruby, python, etc, etc) requires several downloads (and setups) to do the same</li>
<li>It is portable between different OS and the features we use work exactly the same way everywhere�</li></ul><div><br></div>Saludos!<br>Nico.<br>blog: <a href="http://nicopaez.wordpress.com" target="_blank">nicopaez.wordpress.com</a><br>

<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 9:43 AM, St�phane Ducasse <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:stephane.ducasse@inria.fr">stephane.ducasse@inria.fr</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I would like to get from you why you use Pharo?<br>
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After thinking a lot about that recently I think that I would like to have something like that:<br>
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Pharo a plastic language to build evolvable and debuggable applications.<br>
With Pharo and its ecosystem you can build powerful tools (web application, data management, business processes�). �Pharo philosophy is driven by domain driven design. Modeling is agile. Pharo is an executable modeling language. Pharo is not only a language but an infrastructure with powerful tools like Moose.<br>

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 � � � �Plastic = &quot;(in science and technology) of or relating to the permanent deformation of a solid without fracture by the temporary application of force.&quot;<br>
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Pharo: ease of modeling, essence of agile, close to objects all the time.<br>
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Stef<br>
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