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AFAIK Pharo is a fork of Squeak, which is much more open about it being a smalltalk programming system implementation. https://squeak.org/ https://squeak.org/
by thedracle 4y ago
AFAIK Pharo is a fork of Squeak, which is much more open about it being a smalltalk programming system implementation.
https://squeak.org/ https://squeak.org/
- Qem 4y agoSometimes Pharo is criticized for not displaying more prominently its Smalltalk roots on its site and promotional materials. IMHO, I think the Pharo team has good reason to do so. So far it is mostly compatible with Squeak, but breaking backward compatibility is left on the table as a possibility in the future. So they applied the lesson Perl folks had to learn the hard way, until they perceived it was better to recognize Perl6 as a new language and rename it to Raku. When developing new things, calling them by old names sets expectations and causes people to make lots of implicit assumptions.
- pjmlp 4y agoOne example would be support for traits, that original Smalltalk (thus Squeak) never adopted other than the original discussion on the matter.