Unfortunately, the server is down… correction… very, very slow! Very unfortunate when we are promoting on reddit and combinator…
But, a temporary blip, I’m sure…. congratulations!! ../Dave On Jan 20, 2020, 8:27 AM -0500, Esteban Lorenzano <esteba...@gmail.com>, wrote: > Links to upvote: > > https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/erd65s/pharo_80_the_immersive_pure_object_oriented/ > https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22098604 > > :) > > > > On 20 Jan 2020, at 14:23, Esteban Lorenzano <esteba...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Dear World and dynamic language lovers: > > The time has come for Pharo 8.0! > > Pharo is a pure object-oriented programming language and a powerful > > environment, focused on simplicity and immediate feedback. > > Here are the key highlights of this release: > > > > • > > The 64-bit version has become the recommended version for Windows as > > it was for Unix and OSX. > > • > > Iceberg, the git client for Pharo, reached its version 1.6.5 with > > several improvements and bugfixes. > > • > > Calypso, Pharo’s system browser has new and better refactoring > > integrations and AST-based suggestions for class definitions. > > • > > The unified foreign function interface (UnifiedFFI) has been improved > > with more support for literal objects, better type coercions, and more > > documentation. > > • > > Several speed improvements in code searches and compilation. > > > > In addition, this version includes several previews of new tools such as > > the Spec2 GUI framework with native widget integration and the new DrTests > > test analysis tool and opens the door for the upcoming headless VMs for > > servers and non-blocking FFI. > > These are just the more prominent highlights, but the details are just as > > important. We have closed a massive amount of issues: 2805 issues! > > A comprehensive changelog can be found at > > https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-changelogs/blob/master/Pharo80ChangeLogs.md). > > While the technical improvements are significant, still the most impressive > > fact is that the new code that got in the main Pharo 8.0 image was > > contributed by more than 100 people. > > Pharo is more than code. It is an exciting project involving energetic > > people. We thank all the contributors to this release: > > Serge Stinckwich, Myroslava Romaniuk, Hilaire Fernandes, Alexandre Bergel, > > David Bajger, Sean DeNigris, Theodore Moen, Dayne Guerra Calle, Juraj > > Kubelka, Max Leske, Santiago Jose Dandois, Alistair Grant, Sabine Mana, > > Chia Yu, Stephan Eggermont, Milton Mamani, Pavel Krivanek, Ben Coman, > > Marcus Denker, Pierre Misse, Christophe Demarey, Allex Oliveira, Andreina > > Cota, Theo Rogliano, Clément Dutriez, Quentin Ducasse, Cyril Ferlicot, > > Cameron Bierwagen, Marek Niepieklo, Clotilde Toullec, Esteban Lorenzano, > > Vincent Blondeau, Danil Osipchuk, Eiichiro Ito, Noury Bouraqadi, Oleksandr > > Zaytsev, Jason Riggs, Alain Plantec, Kasper Osterbye, Leonardo Cecchi, Chi > > Huynh, Santiago Bragagnolo, Antonio Pierro, Pablo Tesone, Tim Mackinnon, > > Wesley Duerksen, Wilfred Hughes, John Brant, Evelyn Cusi Lopez, Manuel > > Leuenberger, Thomas Dupriez, Norbert Hartl, Torsten Bergmann, Gabriel Omar > > Cotelli, Carlo Teixeira, Guille Polito, Torsten Bergman, Damien Pollet, > > Holger Hans Peter Freyther, Julio Ripoll, Carolina Hernandez Phillips, > > Julien Delplanque, Hugo Lasnier, James Foster, Will Hensel, Erik Stel, Sven > > Van Caekenberghe, Martín Dias, Tomohiro Oda, Konrad Hinsen, Sébastien > > Roccaserra, Stéphane Ducasse, Denis Kudriashov, Ellis Harris, Steven Costiou > > (If you contributed with Pharo 8.0 development in any way and we missed > > your name, please send us a mail and we will add you). > > Enjoy! > > The Pharo Team > > Try Pharo: http://pharo.org/download > > Learn Pharo: http://pharo.org/documentation > > > > > > If you cannot see this, follow this link: > > http://pharo.org/news/pharo8.0-released >
