Dear Pharo users and dynamic language lovers:
We have released Pharo <https://pharo.org/> version 14!
What is Pharo?
Pharo is a pure object-oriented programming language and a powerful
environment focused on simplicity and immediate feedback.
Screenshot of Pharo 14Screenshot of Pharo 14
* Simple & powerful language: No constructors, no types declaration,
no interfaces, no primitive types. Yet a powerful and elegant
language with a full syntax fitting in one postcard! Pharo is
objects and messages all the way down.
* Live, immersive environment: Immediate feedback at any moment of
your development: Developing, testing, debugging. Even in production
environments, you will never be stuck in compiling and deploying
steps again!
* Amazing debugging experience: Pharo environment includes a debugger
unlike anything you've seen before. It allows you to step through
code, restart the execution of methods, create methods on the fly,
and much more!
* Pharo is yours: Pharo is made by an incredible community, with more
than [X] contributors for the last revision of the platform and
hundreds of people constantly contributing with frameworks and
libraries.
* Fully open-source: Pharo full stack is released under MIT
<https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT> License and available on
GitHub <https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo>
... more on the Pharo Features page <http://www.pharo.org/features>.
In this iteration of Pharo, our efforts have concentrated on three main
areas:
* *Modernizing the development tools.* We introduced Mission Control
and Pulse (the replacement for Spotter), reworked the Method Browser
and rewrote the Settings Browser, and consolidated Epicea and
ProfStef into NewTools. This continues our ongoing migration of the
development tools to the Spec-based tooling stack.
* *Rebuilding the refactoring and command infrastructure.* Refactoring
commands were migrated to a driver-based architecture behind a
unified command registry, and we kept expanding Pharo's command-line
capabilities (command-line testing, a command-line debugger, and
Sindarin script tooling).
* *Modernizing the virtual machine.* We unified frames and stack
management, added RISC-V JIT support, extended memory management
(direct old-space allocation and GC improvements), advanced Slang/C
compilation, and modernized the cross-platform build infrastructure.
Worth noting: starting with this release, we have moved our release
schedule from spring (March–May) to fall (September–November). Pharo 14
is the first version released under the new schedule.
Some highlights of this amazing version:
Highlights
Tools
* Introduction of Mission Control
* New/reworked Method Browser
* Settings Browser rewrite and switch to default
* Epicea migration into NewTools
* ProfStef migration into NewTools
* Introduction of Pulse (Spotter replacement)
* TestRunner integration and command-line testing
* Calypso fixes
* Cavrois / window profile work
* File Browser, Finder and Transcript improvements
System
* Refactoring command migration and registry
* Scoped extensions and selector semantics
* Clean blocks and debugger/evaluation behavior
* ClassBuilder, trait and superclass correctness
* Compiler API split and method installation
* UnifiedFFI value holders, |FFIMethod|, callbacks and bootstrap resets
* Command-line debugger
* Debugger / client-model cleanup
* Package/baseline modularization and bootstrap dependency cleanup
* Morphic / UIManager dependency reduction
* FastTable, text, graphics, Zinc and Zodiac fixes
* Sindarin script tooling
* Code editor / code presenter work
* List, tree and filtering behavior
* Dialog, window and modal behavior
* Action/command enhancements and cleanup
* Morphic backend and layout fixes
Virtual machine
* Frame unification and stack management improvements, delivering
substantial interpreter and execution engine cleanups
* RISC-V JIT support, expanding platform coverage and future-proofing
VM development
* New memory management capabilities, including direct old-space
allocation and numerous GC and allocation improvements
* Extensive compiler and Slang/C translation work, with many
correctness fixes, new tests, and improved inspection tools
* Platform and build modernization, including SDL updates, improved
CI, cross-build support, and updated third-party dependencies
* Large-scale cleanup and refactoring efforts across the VM,
interpreter, Cogit, PICs, and infrastructure
Development Effort
This new version is the result of 978 Pull Requests integrated just in
the Pharo repository.
We have closed 616 issues since Pharo 13.
The project now counts 432 forks and 1,494 stars on GitHub.
We also have a lot of work in the separate projects that are included in
each Pharo release:
*
<https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools>https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools
* <https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec>https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec
* <https://github.com/pharo-vcs/Iceberg>https://github.com/pharo-vcs/Iceberg
*
<https://github.com/pharo-graphics/Roassal>https://github.com/pharo-graphics/Roassal
*
<https://github.com/pillar-markup/Microdown>https://github.com/pillar-markup/Microdown
*
<https://github.com/pillar-markup/BeautifulComments>https://github.com/pillar-markup/BeautifulComments
*
<https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm>https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm
Contributors
We always say Pharo is yours. It is yours because we made it for you,
but most importantly, because it is made by the invaluable contributions
of our great community (yourself).
A large community of people from all around the world contributed to
Pharo 14 by making pull requests, reporting bugs, participating in
discussion threads, providing feedback, and a lot of helpful tasks in
all our community channels.
Thank you all for your contributions.
The Pharo Team
* Discover Pharo: <https://pharo.org/features>https://pharo.org/features
* Try Pharo: <https://pharo.org/download>http://pharo.org/download
<https://pharo.org/download>
* Learn Pharo:
<https://pharo.org/documentation>http://pharo.org/documentation
<https://pharo.org/documentation>
