Can't help remember something old... Clipper Summer '87.
The name was sticking for a long while. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipper_(programming_language) You'll see the Seasonal Versions, which is quite a nice idea in fact as it allows interesting themeing to take place. There was a VM and blocks... A mix of a compiler and an embarked interpreter. Wrote a ton of apps for businesses in order to pay for my university fees. Worked well. :-) Philippe. 2012/6/13 Stéphane Ducasse <stephane.duca...@inria.fr>: > Call it SummerRain :). > > Yes this is a good idea. > > What we should do also is to push and validate metacello Configs. We should > really move on such topic. > > > Stef > > On Jun 13, 2012, at 11:08 AM, Esteban Lorenzano wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I started thinking on next release of Pharo 1.4 (which will be code named >> "summer", not an ugly number). >> I've been monitoring the list and I think there are some things to improve, >> so I'm planning to add this things to new one click: >> >> - pre-load OmniBrowser. >> Why I'm suggesting this? Because nobody seems to notice that OB is actually >> working on 1.4 and everybody complains that "you cannot have refactors, >> blabla", which is just not true, but is causing a lot of bad feeling around >> what is a great release (yes, I'm making some constructive criticism about >> the list attitude, but also about our/mine communicational capabilities). >> Original idea was to allow people to choose OB or Nautilus, since the last >> one will be the browser for Pharo in the future, but truth is that Nautilus >> is still a "technology preview"... and it will be there for all those like >> me, who want to use it. >> Finally, most important issue is that newcomers expect to have a full >> environment working out of the box, and they don'y know how to use the >> Configuration Browser. >> >> - pre-load Spotlight >> Yeah, another small tool who can make your life easy. >> Why? just because I'm tired of seeing all of you typing class names at >> workspace and press cmd+b later... or using some more uncomfortable ways to >> reach your code. >> If you still prefer those ways, is up to you ;) >> >> So far, this and the bugfixes we already made (and some more)... >> >> What do you think? >> >> Esteban > > -- Philippe Back Dramatic Performance Improvments Mob: +32(0) 478 650 140 | Fax: +32 (0) 70 408 027 Mail: p...@highoctane.be | Web: http://philippeback.eu | Blog: http://philippeback.be High Octane SPRL rue cour Boisacq 101 1301 Bierges Belgium
