Ah, you mean like a version of Python that everyone can agree on! Joking aside, it's an entirely understandable sentiment, but Smalltalk is not only an old lan

Ah, you mean like a version of Python that everyone can agree on! Joking aside, it's an entirely understandable sentiment, but Smalltalk is not only an old language, but also one that lives in a symbiotic relationship with its tools (which defy the normal notions of language standardisation). As things stand, if you want a standard, what you're likely to get is a time-capsule. Pharo in particular does not want to be a time-capsule, and while it's certainly been a source of frustration to me that Pharo has existed in such a state of flux for so much of its life, I understand that the change is necessary, and I remain cautiously hopefuly about the direction they're taking. I'm not a daily user of Pharo, so while I have a rough idea that it is becomming more settled as time passes, I'm not an authority here.