> but I will never get used to using a graphical VM and UI to develop ordinary programs. I guess that by "ordinary programs" you mean command-line TUI programs

> but I will never get used to using a graphical VM and UI to develop ordinary programs. I guess that by "ordinary programs" you mean command-line TUI programs. Being able to explore and inspect helps whether you are writing GUI or TUI. When you write Smalltalk code with a Smalltalk IDE, your actions have an implicit context. If you write Smalltalk code with a plain text editor, you must provide that missing context. Something like the fileOut format — !BenchmarksGame class methodsFor: 'initialize-release'! https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/program/binarytrees-pharo-1.html https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/...