Am I starting to hallucinate, or did I read some time in the last year that there are plans for a "long term stability" branch of Pharo?�� That had me giving thanks.�� Pharo is splendid, and that will give us the best of both worlds: a stable base for development WITHOUT holding back development of Pharo itself.
I think St��phane Ducasse may have completely misunderstood me.�� I wonder what he thinks my "choice" is?�� The only choice I'm aware of making is to continue being engaged with Pharo.�� (Hint: I am not on the Squeak mailing list.�� I don't even know if there is one any more.)�� The unpleasantly disparate nature of "Smalltalk" does not make *Pharo* a bad choice, it just means that anyone who develops in Pharo with the aim of deploying in VW is facing a much harder task than they might have been led to expect.
I would also like to praise S.D. and his merry band for
(a) the free Smalltalk books
(b) the continuing series of books specifically about Pharo.
Is there some way I can contribute to the Pharo book(let)s?
I'm not too bad at proof-reading.