Esteban Well, I am carrying on, but I do wonder why Pharo has to be such a rapidly moving target. There are virtues in stability, and perhaps there should be a filtering process before any change is made, to ensure that the benefits outweigh any disruption. I must admit that, at times, Pharo looks like a playground for a fairly small group of very clever people who are in love with the process of development.
I got involved with Pharo again recently - having looked at it briefly several years ago - because I had read papers, mainly by Lukas Renggli, about Magritte and PetitParser, and I thought these were brilliant ideas that I wanted to explore. But am sure that, if I could get the functions of Magritte and PetitParser in a stable environment like Dolphin, I would drop Pharo like a shot. While I am in a moaning mood - I'm not always like this! - could anyone tell me whether there is a glossary of names for Pharo extensions which will tell beginners like me what they are for and whether they are worth learning about. I have come across Cairo, Athens, Zinc, Fuel, Spec, Grease and Shout - just as names, with no idea what they do and no obvious way of finding out. Is there any place where I can look these things up? They all exist in the Forum image that I downloaded today, but the system browser contains no general explanation. Peter Kenny PS I've just seen Stephan's reply while composing this. Thanks - it all gets a bit clearer. You might take my last paragraph above as my response to your last paragraph! -----Original Message----- From: Pharo-users [mailto:pharo-users-boun...@lists.pharo.org] On Behalf Of Esteban A. Maringolo Sent: 14 May 2014 13:30 To: Any question about pharo is welcome Subject: Re: [Pharo-users] Problem learning about Magritte 2014-05-14 9:25 GMT-03:00 PBK Research <pe...@pbkresearch.co.uk>: > Stephan > Still, I am making progress with my original aim of learning about Magritte, > and there are many helpful people on this group, so you can just regard this > as me blowing off steam after things had not gone completely easily. Plus, you mention you're coming from Dolphin Smalltalk. Which is easier than the average, in terms of straightforwardness. Pharo has A LOT to offer, once you get used to aim at a moving target :) Esteban A. Maringolo
