I'm catching up with the good news! Thanks a lot to everyone who makes them possible.
Happy pharoeing!!! ;-), Offray On 15/07/21 4:14 a. m., Esteban Lorenzano wrote: > Dear World and dynamic language lovers: > > The time has come for Pharo 9 <https://pharo.org/> ! > > Pharo is a pure object-oriented programming language and a powerful > environment, focused on simplicity and immediate feedback. > > > Here are the key features of Pharo 9: > > * > Full redesign of the Spec UI framework (new logic, application, > style, GTK3 back-end) > * > New tools: > * > o > new playground, > o > new object centric inspector, > o > new object centric debugger. > o > better and new Refactorings > o > class comments are now written in Microdown format (Markdown > compatible) > o > classes now can be defined using a "fluid" api (Preview) > * > New completion framework that adapts better to edition contexts > and is customizable > * > Fast universal non-blocking FFI which now uses libFFI as backend. > * > Pharo now supports Windows, OSX, Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, > openSUSE, Arch, Raspbian) and multiple architectures (Intel/ARM > 32/64bits). > * > Virtual Machine > * > o > Idle VM > o > Support for ARM 64bits > o > Support for Apple M1 > o > More than 3000 tests > o > Built for Ubuntu 18.04, 19.04, 20.04, 21.04, 21.10; Debian 9, > 10, Testing; Fedora 32, 32, 34; openSUSE 15.1, 15.2, > Tumbleweed; Manjaro; Arch > * > Uses SDL 2.0 as back-end by default. It supports extended event > handling, including trackpad support. > * > General speed up due to compiler optimisations and UI simplification. > * > And many, many more tests. > > > These are just the more prominent highlights, but the details are just > as important. We have closed a massive amount of issues: around 1400 > issues and 2150 pull requests. > > A more extended changelog can be found at > https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-changelogs/blob/master/Pharo90ChangeLogs.md > <https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-changelogs/blob/master/Pharo90ChangeLogs.md>. > > While the technical improvements are significant, still the most > impressive fact is that the new code that got in the main Pharo 9 > image was contributed by more than 90 people. > > Pharo is more than code. It is an exciting project involving a great > community. > > We thank all the contributors to this release: > > Aaron Bieber, Ackerley Tng, Alban Benmouffek, Ale Cossio, Alexandre > Bergel, Alistair Grant, Allex Oliveira, Angela Chia-Ling, Arturo > Zambrano, Asbathou Biyalou-Sama, Ben Coman, Benoit Verhaegue, Carlo > Teixeira, Carlos Lopez, Carolina Hernandez, Charles A. Monteiro, > Christoph Thiede, Christophe Demarey, Clotilde Toullec, Cyril > Ferlicot, Damien Pollet, Daniel Aparicio, David Bajger, David Sánchez > i Gregori, Denis Kudriashov, Ellis Harris, Eric Brandwein, Eric Gade, > Erik Stel, ErikOnBike, Esteban Lorenzano, Esteban Villalobos, Evelyn > Cusi Lopez, Evelyn Cusi Lopez, Ewan Dawson, Francis Pineda, Francis > Pineda, Gabriel Omar Cotelli, Geraldine Galindo, Giovanni Corriga, > Guille Polito, Himanshu jld, Johan Brichau, Jonathan van Alteren, > Jordan Montt, Julien Delplanque, Kamil Kukura, Kasper Østerbye, Kurt > Kilpela, Laurine Dargaud, Marco Rimoldi, Marcus Denker, Martin Dias, > Martin McClure, Massimo Nocentini, Max Leske, Maximilian Ignacio > Willembrinck Santander, Milton Mamani Torres, Moussa Saker, Myroslava > Romaniuk, Nicolas Anquetil, Norbert Hartl, Nour Djihan, Oleksandr > Zaitsev, Pablo Sánchez Rodríguez, Pablo Tesone, Pavel Krivanek, > Philippe Lesueur, Pierre Misse, Rakshit P., Rob Sayers, Roland > Bernard, Ronie Salgado, Sean DeNigris, Sebastian Jordan Montaño, Serge > Stinckwich, Stephan Eggermont, Steven Costiou, Stéphane Ducasse, Sven > Van Caekenberghe, Thomas Dupriez, Théo Lanord, Théo Rogliano, Todd > Blanchard, Torsten Bergmann, Vincent Blondeau, Wéslleymberg Lisboa. > > > (If you contributed with Pharo 9 development in any way and we missed > your name, please send us an email and we will add you). > > Enjoy! > > The Pharo Team > > Try Pharo: http://pharo.org/download <https://pharo.org/download> > > Learn Pharo: http://pharo.org/documentation > <https://pharo.org/documentation>
