What no REPL? Check this: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3067563/using-squeak-from-a-shell
"Works out of the box in Pharo 2.0. For prior versions (definitely works in 1.3 and 1.4), first file in https://gist.github.com/2602113"; | command | [ command := FileStream stdin nextLine. command ~= 'exit' ] whileTrue: [ | result | result := Compiler evaluate: command. FileStream stdout nextPutAll: result asString; lf ]. Smalltalk snapshot: false andQuit: true. Well, on Windows, this will suck big time, but on unix and osx, should fare better. IMHO, we shoould fix the stdin/stdout/stderr shit that we do have on Pharo on Windows. I had a shot on the VM side but that is nowhere to be complete... :-( Phil On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 9:49 PM, Esteban A. Maringolo <emaring...@gmail.com>wrote: > 2014-04-28 16:31 GMT-03:00 kilon alios <kilon.al...@gmail.com>: > > I once laughed at the video when he pointed that pressing enter on > workspace > > does not run the code. That was a "WTF" moment for me when I first tried > > workspace in Squeak. Many other strange things , instance variables by > > default private , Transcript separate from Workspace, no source files etc > > etc. > > Because it is too weird to be grasped properly. Most if not all people > expect scripted or REPL/Console execution. > Also it is weird the fact that you can "modify everything" while > running. It causes a dissonance. > I felt that when I was introduced to Smalltalk, and years after that I > found the same reception in newcomers. So it wasn't just me. > > Smalltalk is so great, that it is hard to summarize many of it awesome > features in a short demo. > > One point for "selling" Pharo to non-smalltalkers is thinking in what > the benefit they would get by developing with it. > > Maybe we should brainstorm on this point: > "If you were to recommend Pharo to a Java/Ruby/PHP programmer, what > would be your two main selling points?" > (https://twitter.com/emaringolo/status/460867076178341888) > > IMHO, it is not a simple question to answer, because an existing > smalltalker will get much more out of it than a newcomer. > > Regards! > >
