On Sat, Aug 15, 2015 at 4:50 PM, stepharo <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi guys > > just to let you know that we run a dependencies breaking sprint yesterday > and it was great. We will redo one or two. > Our goal is to minimise the dependencies of adding Monticello to the pharo > bootstrap. What I can tell you is that having a bootstrap is bringing > an ***AMAZING*** level of cleaner design. I suspected it. But when we > see the real cases this is obvious and really important. > I will really open a complete new world for Pharo in terms of modularity (of > course it will take time but this is really really cool). > > Stef >
Sounds like food for an academic paper - addressing one of the key complaints from detractors about Smalltalk. While you want to position Pharo as going beyond Smalltalk, reproducibility of an Image remains an argument available to detractors. cheers -ben
