[Pharo-users] English subtitles for Adele Goldberg

https://youtu.be/8uGV9hcIN_Y I've added an English subtitle track (NOT auto-generated) to correct for the two minutes of audio difficulty in Adele Goldberg's keynote talk. The auto-generated subtitle track is incomplete during these two minutes (5:26).

[Pharo-users] [ANN] Camp Smalltalk Supreme Finalized!

As of today, Wednesday, June 17, 2021, I have successfully nailed down the most exciting roster of keynote speakers for *Camp Smalltalk Supreme* next year. Here they are: 1. *Adele Goldberg* — co-creator of Smalltalk 2. *Dan Ingalls* — co-creator of Smalltalk 3. *Kent Beck* — Smalltalk

[Pharo-users] [ANN] Camp Smalltalk Supreme

I have the green light to proceed with *Camp Smalltalk Supreme*, the 2022 50th anniversary edition of Camp Smalltalk. It's scheduled for June 10-12, 2022 at Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. I've confirmed Adele Goldberg and FAST President Leandro Caniglia as keynote speakers for this very

[Pharo-users] [ANN] JRMPC 2021 in Jeopardy

JRMPC 2021 is about to commence registration in less than two weeks. Unfortunately, disaster has struck. Ryerson University's developer for the competition software has pulled out of the project at the last minute, so they are stuck. I am looking for a

[Pharo-users] [ANN] Smalltalk's Successor

https://smalltalk.tech.blog/2020/08/10/smalltalks-successor/ A bold claim. It'll be interesting to see if anybody challenges me on this.

[Pharo-users] Editing in Pharo Debugger

I notice that if I modify code in the Debugger, the editing pane does not provide any cue that the code has changed and needs to be saved. I believe in previous Pharo versions, an orange indicator appeared in the top right corner of the pane. Is this an oversight? Thanks.

[Pharo-users] [ANN] New GoFundMe Campaign

https://www.gofundme.com/f/jrmpc-2?utm_source=customer_medium=copy_link_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1 Please give generously! Thanks.

[Pharo-users] [ANN] What are reasons NOT to use Smalltalk?

https://smalltalk.tech.blog/2020/06/19/what-are-reasons-not-to-use-smalltalk/ Thanks for participating in the poll.

[Pharo-users] [ANN] JRMPC 2020 Awards Ceremony

Here it is, finally! https://smalltalk.tech.blog/2020/05/30/jrmpc-2020-awards-ceremony/ It's a nice coincidink that the launch of the awards ceremony occurred on the same day as the historic SpaceX Crew Dragon launch. https://www.space.com/elon-musk-emotional-spacex-astronaut-launch.html I

[Pharo-users] [ANN] What are good reasons to use Smalltalk?

https://smalltalk.tech.blog/2020/05/13/what-are-good-reasons-to-use-smalltalk/ Please participate in the poll.

[Pharo-users] [ANN] Do you like the idea of Camp Smalltalk Supreme and do you support it?

https://smalltalkrenaissance.wordpress.com/2020/04/02/do-you-like-the-idea-of-camp-smalltalk-supreme-and-do-you-support-it/

[Pharo-users] [ANN] 50th Anniversary of Smalltalk

https://smalltalk.tech.blog/2020/04/01/50th-anniversary-of-smalltalk/ The final wish of a dying man.

[Pharo-users] [ANN] JRMPC Poll

https://jrmpc.ca/2020/03/20/what-makes-learning-smalltalk-challenging/ FWIW, 95% of respondents pointed to the lack of reference documentation for the class library as the major obstacle to learning Smalltalk/Pharo. Richard

[Pharo-users] [ANN] How to Evangelize a Programming Language

https://hackernoon.com/how-to-evangelize-a-programming-language-0p7p3y02 Still, there are ways to play up the competition. ;-) Yeah, I'm a sneaky bastard. Richard

[Pharo-users] [ANN] COVID-19 and JRMPC

https://smalltalk.tech.blog/2020/03/13/covid-19-and-jrmpc/ This is very unfortunate. I was counting on the awards ceremony for a great deal of PR value. A virtual ceremony likely wouldn't have the same impact. Richard

[Pharo-users] [ANN] We have our winners!

https://smalltalk.tech.blog/2020/03/07/jrmpc-2020-award-winners/ Time to play this up for all the PR value I can muster. Richard

[Pharo-users] How to recover from a VM crash

I have an emergency. One of my JRMPC teams says they can't open the image. They get a long error message that begins with: *Exception code: C005* *Exception addr: 0041FB6B* *Access violation (read access) at 0007* *RAX:3270 RBX:

[Pharo-users] [ANN] Battlesnake vs JRMPC

Here's an interesting story comparing Battlesnake to JRMPC: https://smalltalk.tech.blog/2020/03/03/battlesnake-the-competition/ This could elevate awareness for JRMPC and Smalltalk. It has already garnered a good deal of praise. Richard

[Pharo-users] [ANN] Round 4 Results Are In

https://jrmpc.ca/2020/02/29/round-4-1-leading-team/ Next week's final round will be more of the same: https://jrmpc.ca/2020/02/29/round-5-challenge/. But the competition map will be considerably more challenging. Yes, they will have to *earn* First Prize! Richard

[Pharo-users] [ANN] Round 3 Results Are In

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNyu-3Y2arg This time, the teams must deal with Jump cells, Warp cells, and Death cells. If you land on a Death cell, you die and the simulation terminates. Next week is the most exciting round yet. Multiple teams will be competing on the same board! This will

[Pharo-users] [ANN] Round 2 Results Are In

https://youtu.be/B2pNMKuuyKw Watch the robot 'A' as it manoeuvres around the board following the team's prescribed strategy. The robot consumes the energy value of each cell it enters. The cells in blue have *negative *energy values! The object is to maximize the score. The winning team comes

[Pharo-users] The results are in!

Round 1 — #1 Leading Team: https://youtu.be/QWHeN5WXfBQ I'm actually quite amazed by their effort. They surpassed my expectations. At the risk of sounding immodest, I think this is a terrific way to promote Smalltalk (Pharo). I think the video is an absolute blast. Richard

[Pharo-users] Fuzzy Thinking in Smalltalk

>From Lorenzo Schiavina: https://smalltalk.tech.blog/2020/02/04/fuzzy-thinking-in-smalltalk/ There's a minor issue with WordPress: embedded slideshows steal the keyboard focus so that you can't use PageUp and PageDown keys to navigate the webpage. I've reported it to WordPress and they're

[Pharo-users] Round 1 test

This is a demonstration video of Round 1. The actual Round 1 video will be created next weekend after Round 1 is due. https://youtu.be/YG_jcFvDsjk Enjoy.

[Pharo-users] Just curious...

In the Playground, if I type in 0.1s and then "Print it", I get the following output: *0.1s1* What does the *s1* stand for? Why doesn't it simply print *s*?

[Pharo-users] Extending the Smalltalk Syntax

The fourth and final article in the series: https://smalltalk.tech.blog/2020/01/29/extending-the-smalltalk-syntax-4/. Leandro Caniglia did a great job! These kinds of articles showcase Smalltalk/Pharo in a wonderful way. Lorenzo Schiavina will be submitting an article in the very near future.

[Pharo-users] Another Smalltalk Poll

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[Pharo-users] Smalltalk Poll

I'm crafting a Smalltalk poll for my blog. I just wanted to get some feedback. Have I overlooked anything? [image: image.png]

[Pharo-users] Resources Page

I've added a Resources page to my new blog: https://smalltalk.tech.blog/resources/. It is very much a *curated *list. I felt this was needed because when I visit other Smalltalk resources pages, I get overwhelmed by the number of links and options. It is possible to have *too many* choices.

[Pharo-users] Fwd: Morph menu entries

Could someone please explain what the "World contents" menu obtained by right-clicking on the background is all about? (I normally left-click to obtain the "World" menu.) Why are there all those morphs listed? And is this potentially a problem? Thanks. -- Forwarded message -

[Pharo-users] New Smalltalk Blog

I've created a new Smalltalk blog . I've left Medium because of their pressure to put everyone behind a paywall. I've opened up the blog for third-party submissions. Anyone can email me an article submission and if I deem it appropriate, I will edit and publish it.

[Pharo-users] Latest Pharo Update

The latest update to Pharo causes a "PrimitiveFailed: primitive #newProcess in ProcessWrapper class failed" message??? How did this happen?

[Pharo-users] As promised, the sequel!

https://levelup.gitconnected.com/how-is-smalltalks-revival-like-the-e-car-s-revival-128534792a9a

[Pharo-users] Why Smalltalk is so easy to evangelize

https://itnext.io/why-smalltalk-is-so-easy-to-evangelize-2b88b4d4605c

[Pharo-users] Smalltalk: It’s Not Your Grandfather’s Programming Language

https://levelup.gitconnected.com/smalltalk-its-not-your-grandfather-s-programming-language-f1985eaa17ff

[Pharo-users] How can we celebrate the 50th anniversary of Smalltalk?

https://medium.com/@richardeng/how-can-we-celebrate-the-50th-anniversary-of-smalltalk-e6b35dbc09a9

[Pharo-users] Green Light for JRMPC!

https://jrmpc.ca/2019/11/07/green-light-for-jrmpc/ I'm on track to make this one of the greatest events in Smalltalk history! ;-) Yeah, I know, who gives a rat's ass about Canada? But there are ways to spin this that make it interesting for the rest of the world.

[Pharo-users] We Are Smalltalk

https://youtu.be/pB0iI6ksW30

[Pharo-users] Rocking Smalltalk

https://youtu.be/-uTzhRLcWC4 A rock video for the Smalltalk programming language.

[Pharo-users] VW vs Pharo Performance

https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/fastest/vw-pharo.html Is VisualWorks really faster than Pharo? Why???

[Pharo-users] Connection Timed Out

I have a Teapot application running under Linux and nginx. From time to time, I get the following error: *ConnectionTimedOut: Data receive timed out.* Otherwise, the Teapot application works fine, even with this error message. Can anyone tell me what or where it's timing out, and how can I

[Pharo-users] A Canticle for Smalltalk

A big fan of my work created this rogue video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1opveHaukFK8WbQ8wg8b14wuKJsjoOZfO/view I appreciate the homage, but I can't take credit for it. It's really quite beautiful, though. I'm using it as part of my evangelism.

[Pharo-users] Smalltalk tutorial is broken

So say many visitors to https://amber-lang.net/learn.html. The problem is this: visitors are failing to read and comprehend the last instruction on the first page of the tutorial. The one that reads: *Select the text below and click on the 'DoIt' button*. They're not selecting the text. They do

[Pharo-users] What's wrong with latest Pharo?

I just installed Pharo under Linux and when I start it up, I get: *Error: External module not found* It doesn't matter how I install Pharo.

[Pharo-users] Pharo MOOC

Will there be another run in 2019? I have friends who are interested.

[Pharo-users] Bloc Tutorial

I'm following the tutorial in the MemoryGame booklet. When I run the game and click on any square, I get: The method BlBaseAnimation>>#startOn: called from MgCardElement>>#onFlippedFace has been deprecated. Use BlElement>>#addAnimation: The tutorial is out of sync. How can I proceed? Is there

[Pharo-users] LOOP book title mismatch

At http://books.pharo.org/learning-oop/, the title is "Learning Object-Oriented Programming, Design *with* TDD *in* Pharo" but the actual PDF has the title "Learning Object-Oriented Programming, Design *and* TDD *with* Pharo". So which title is correct?

[Pharo-users] A volunteer is desperately needed

As you know, the James Robertson Memorial Programming Competition (or JRMPC) is proceeding. You may recall that the decision was made to use VisualWorks for the competition. However, I now realize that it was the wrong decision. VisualWorks presents a number of issues, such as: 1. licensing,

[Pharo-users] Pier CMS

I'm looking at Pier CMS and it appears to require (32-bit) Pharo 1.3. Since I'm running 64-bit Pharo on 64-bit Linux, this is a problem, am I right?

[Pharo-users] Submitting HTML Forms

I'm having a lot of difficulty getting file uploading to work using Teapot/Zinc. The documentation is not entirely clear about how it's supposed to work, and the example provided doesn't quite work. I'm referring to section "4.6 Submitting HTML Forms" in "Enterprise Pharo – a Web Perspective."

[Pharo-users] VPS difficulties

I'm creating the competition website using Pharo and Teapot. For encryption, I'm using Pierce Ng's PasswordCrypt, which requires a 32-bit C library. This means I must run 32-bit Pharo. And this means I must run 32-bit Pharo under 32-bit Linux. Therein lies the rub... I would like to host the

Re: [Pharo-users] My Keynote at the Salta Conference

Not even a single nibble? Doesn't anyone care about promoting Pharo? What a colossal lost opportunity! On Sun, 18 Nov 2018 at 09:29, Richard Kenneth Eng wrote: > Some of you may already be aware of my presentation at *Smalltalks 2018*, > the outcome of which was full funding for my Sma

[Pharo-users] My Keynote at the Salta Conference

Some of you may already be aware of my presentation at *Smalltalks 2018*, the outcome of which was full funding for my Smalltalk programming competition. See My Keynote at the Salta Conference . Three years ago, David Buck

[Pharo-users] Issue with starting 32-bit Pharo under Linux

I'm running 32-bit Debian. I installed 32-bit Pharo 6.1 using: *wget -O- https://get.pharo.org | bash* When I try to run Pharo with: *./pharo-ui Pharo.image &* I get this error: PrimitiveFailed: primitive #createDirectory: in UnixStore failed And when I try to close

[Pharo-users] External module not found

I have a most peculiar problem. I've been using Pierce Ng’s PasswordCrypt encryption package with Pharo 5. Now that I'm using Pharo 6, it doesn't seem to work anymore. The ffiCall:module: message always gives me "External module not found".

[Pharo-users] Pharo on Linux

I'm running Debian. At http://files.pharo.org, I download - platform/Pharo6.0-64-linux.zip - sources/PharoV60.sources.zip - wget -O- get.pharo.org/60 | bash Then I try: ./pharo Pharo.image & I'm always getting "This interpreter (vers. 68021) cannot read image file (vers. 6521)."

[Pharo-users] Quora: If you could create your own programming language, what would some of the features be?

Here's the answer I wrote: http://qr.ae/TUGKcH It would be just like Smalltalk <https://www.quora.com/Which-programming-language-is-very-interesting-but-people-dont-know-about-it-yet/answer/Richard-Kenneth-Eng?share=73e32f8b=iCOB> but with optional static typing. Separate namespace