Thanks for sharing that Kilon
On Dec 6, 2013, at 6:49 PM, kilon alios <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > > > > > > > > > >
