Well I tried pharo just for fun , I knew it would not last. Pharo is unpopular, not enough libraries, small community , not nearly enough documentation. Pharo was nothing more than a little break from python. After all we all know smalltalk is dead , right ? The plan was simple, have fun with Pharo , steal some ideas, go back to python where you can get things done. Little did I know. Several months later here I am. I still have not found the reason to give up on Pharo, my questions have been answered , found many great libraries to work with and the documentation is getting better and better.
Overall my experience is way better than I predicted. Pharo is turning into the environment I always wanted to have. Its so unique that I just cant compare it with anything else, and the uniqueness is not just in details, its almost everywhere. I am so addicted to live coding that I cant see myself going back to the old way. This is the future of coding. I only wish the best for Pharo , not for me but for you guys, you work hard for it and you deserve it. Thank you :) On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 10:33 PM, Stéphane Ducasse <[email protected] > wrote: > Thanks for your warm words (because sometimes I would like so much to > improve pharo even more that I'm down). > We have a great team (I do not want to list names because I do not want to > forget someone). > > Stef > > > Maybe others noticed the same: > > > > - the numbers of closed issues is amazing(see the news on the homepage) > > - Pharo3.0 is already really usable and a pleasure to work with > > - more and more nice projects appear on STHub and elsewhere > > - more and more Pharo projects use continuous integration > > - most projects and packages are loadable from the config browser and > other places without > > conflicting with each other > > - there is so much activity regarding Pharo these days on mailinglists, > bug-tracker, > > twitter, conferences, blogs, stackoverflow, github ... it becomes hard > to follow > > but this is a good sign > > - I see more and more fixes and improvements already as an update coming > in before > > I really realize that an own bug is needed because it improves the > situation > > - more and more new names appear on the dev and user mailinglist which > is a good > > sign that there is growing interest > > - Pharo is on the right track and I like to be on the train > > > > Step by step it goes... > > > > Bye > > T. > > > > > > > > > > >
