>>>> Menu Bar
>>>> --------
>>>> Squeak now has a standard menu bar to make it easier to discover its 
>>>> contents for new users, replacing the World menu as the prime source for 
>>>> launching tools and other activities.
>>>> 
>>>> Compiler
>>>> --------
>>>> Support for literal ByteArray syntax has been added. Byte arrays can now 
>>>> be written as #[1 2 3 "..."] instead of #(1 2 3) asByteArray  avoiding the 
>>>> need for conversion and a more compact default representation.
>> we got that since long time ago
>> 
> 
> Yes, I picked the method from Pharo :)

:) I really wonder what would be squeak if you would not push it ;-D

> 
>>>> Numbers
>>>> -------
>>>> Some prime related changed: Integer>>isPrime is now a deterministic test, 
>>>> Integer>>isProbablyPrime a probabilistic variant.
>> I think that andres changes were introduced. But apparently not.
>> I will do that. Strange
>> 
> 
> I think Leventes just picked Andres change...

This is strange because I thought I integrated that. I will redo it.

> 
>>>> Intger>>highBit and Integer>>lowBit have been sped up significantly.
>> This is in
>> 
> 
> Yes, though I cached 8bits in trunk instead of 4bits in Pharo and
> initila mantis report.

This is strange because I check the code and it looked similar. 
I will recheck later.

> 
>> 
>>>> 
>>>> CRLF Handling
>>>> -------------
>>>> CR and LF are now treated interchangeably in rendering. Both cause a line 
>>>> break and both are not displayed. Various line related methods have been 
>>>> updated to deal with both CR and LF.
>> 
>> I imagine that this were fixes of nicolas
>> 
> 
> Only the line splitting stuff is in Pharo (it was started in Pharo).
> I did not port the transparent displaying of line feeds to Pharo yet.
> Are you interested ?

what is it?

> 
>>>> Collections
>>>> -----------
>>>> Dictionary is no longer a subclass of Set. HashedCollection is the new 
>>>> superclass for both Set and Dictionary. Conversion of OrderedCollection 
>>>> and SortedCollection to Arrays has been sped up significantly.
>> This is cool......
>> We definitively should look at that.
>> 
> 
> Yes, it should be ported to Pharo, I see no reason of divergence there.

Yes and I like the fast in the sentence :)
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