Yes we should do one! S.
> On 26 Apr 2024, at 21:54, Denis Kudriashov <[email protected]> wrote: > > Congrats!!! > > Have a good release party :)) > > пт, 26 апр. 2024 г. в 11:20, Esteban Lorenzano via Pharo-dev > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>: >> Dear Pharo users and dynamic language lovers: >> >> We have released Pharo <https://pharo.org/> version 12! >> >> What is Pharo? >> >> Pharo is a pure object-oriented programming language and a powerful >> environment focused on simplicity and immediate feedback. >> >> >> >> Simple & powerful language: No constructors, no types declaration, no >> interfaces, no primitive types. Yet a powerful and elegant language with a >> full syntax fitting in one postcard! Pharo is objects and messages all the >> way down. >> Live, immersive environment: Immediate feedback at any moment of your >> development: Developing, testing, debugging. Even in production >> environments, you will never be stuck in compiling and deploying steps again! >> Amazing debugging experience: Pharo environment includes a debugger unlike >> anything you've seen before. It allows you to step through code, restart the >> execution of methods, create methods on the fly, and much more! >> Pharo is yours: Pharo is made by an incredible community, with more than 100 >> contributors for the last revision of the platform and hundreds of people >> constantly contributing with frameworks and libraries. >> Fully open-source: Pharo full stack is released under MIT >> <https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT> License and available on GitHub >> <https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo> >> ... more on the Pharo Features page <http://www.pharo.org/features>. >> >> In this iteration of Pharo, we continue working on our objectives of >> improvement, clean-up and modularization. Also, we included a number of >> usability and speed improvements. A complete list of changes and >> improvements is available in our Changelog >> <https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-changelogs/blob/master/Pharo120ChangeLogs.md> >> Some highlights of this amazing version: >> >> Highlights >> >> New breakpoint system >> >> The debug point system is a breakpoint model that supersedes the previous >> implementation of breakpoints and watchpoints. They are configurable, >> composable, and extensible. The traditional breakpoints remain available, >> including conditional breakpoints, one-time breakpoints, and object-centric >> breakpoints. Additionally, there are new types of breakpoints, such as >> chained-breakpoints, which condition the activation of certain breakpoints >> on the triggering of others (e.g., breakpoint B only activates if breakpoint >> A is hit first). Debug points also feature a dedicated browser and >> integration options. >> >> >> >> Tools >> >> Scalable fluid class syntax is now the default one >> Preparing the introduction of the Bloc graphic system by migrating more >> tools to Spec2 widgets >> Spec2 UI framework enhancements to support GTK 4 >> Leaner version of the Metacello package manager >> More robust and strict mode for FFI >> System >> >> New architecture for refactorings and domain specific transformations >> Code loading speed improvement >> Fast browsing via fully optimized package tags >> Optmized memory usage via optimized method protocols >> Compiler simplifications and improvements >> Virtual machine >> >> Massive image support with permanent space >> String/ByteArray comparison speed up >> Development Effort >> >> This new version is the result of 1895 Pull Requests integrated just in the >> Pharo repository. We have closed 865 issues and received contributions from >> more than 70 different contributors. We have also a lot of work in the >> separate projects that are included in each Pharo release: >> >> http://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools >> <https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools> >> http://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools-DocumentBrowser >> <https://github.com/pharo-spec/NewTools-DocumentBrowser> >> http://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec <https://github.com/pharo-spec/Spec> >> http://github.com/pharo-vcs/Iceberg <https://github.com/pharo-vcs/Iceberg> >> http://github.com/ObjectProfile/Roassal3 >> <https://github.com/ObjectProfile/Roassal3> >> http://github.com/pillar-markup/Microdown >> <https://github.com/pillar-markup/Microdown> >> http://github.com/pillar-markup/BeautifulComments >> <https://github.com/pillar-markup/BeautifulComments> >> http://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm >> <https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-vm> >> Contributors >> >> We always say Pharo is yours. It is yours because we made it for you, but >> most importantly because it is made by the invaluable contributions of our >> great community (yourself). A large community of people from all around the >> world contributed to Pharo 12.0 by making pull requests, reporting bugs, >> participating in discussion threads, providing feedback, and a lot of >> helpful tasks in all our community channels. Thank you all for your >> contributions. >> >> The Pharo Team >> >> Discover Pharo: https://pharo.org/features >> >> Try Pharo: http://pharo.org/download <https://pharo.org/download> >> Learn Pharo: http://pharo.org/documentation <https://pharo.org/documentation> >> >> Stéphane Ducasse http://stephane.ducasse.free.fr 06 30 93 66 73 "If you knew today was your last day on earth, what would you do differently? ....ESPECIALLY if, by doing something different, today might not be your last day on earth.” Calvin & Hobbes
