> On 20 Jan 2020, at 20:37, David Mason <dma...@ryerson.ca> wrote: > > Unfortunately, the server is down… correction… very, very slow! > Very unfortunate when we are promoting on reddit and combinator… > > But, a temporary blip, I’m sure…. congratulations!!
Our server does not tolerates Reddit and HN attention :( (We will need to invest on this… every year is the same problem) Esteban > > ../Dave > On Jan 20, 2020, 8:27 AM -0500, Esteban Lorenzano <esteba...@gmail.com>, > wrote: >> Links to upvote: >> >> https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/erd65s/pharo_80_the_immersive_pure_object_oriented/ >> >> <https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/erd65s/pharo_80_the_immersive_pure_object_oriented/> >> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22098604 >> <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22098604> >> >> :) >> >> >>> On 20 Jan 2020, at 14:23, Esteban Lorenzano <esteba...@gmail.com >>> <mailto:esteba...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Dear World and dynamic language lovers: >>> The time has come for Pharo 8.0 <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 highlights of this release: >>> >>> >>> The 64-bit version has become the recommended version for Windows as it was >>> for Unix and OSX. >>> >>> >>> Iceberg, the git client for Pharo, reached its version 1.6.5 with several >>> improvements and bugfixes. >>> >>> >>> Calypso, Pharo’s system browser has new and better refactoring integrations >>> and AST-based suggestions for class definitions. >>> >>> >>> The unified foreign function interface (UnifiedFFI) has been improved with >>> more support for literal objects, better type coercions, and more >>> documentation. >>> >>> Several speed improvements in code searches and compilation. >>> >>> >>> In addition, this version includes several previews of new tools such as >>> the Spec2 GUI framework with native widget integration and the new DrTests >>> test analysis tool and opens the door for the upcoming headless VMs for >>> servers and non-blocking FFI. >>> These are just the more prominent highlights, but the details are just as >>> important. We have closed a massive amount of issues: 2805 issues! >>> A comprehensive changelog can be found at >>> https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-changelogs/blob/master/Pharo80ChangeLogs.md >>> >>> <https://github.com/pharo-project/pharo-changelogs/blob/master/Pharo60ChangeLogs.md>). >>> While the technical improvements are significant, still the most impressive >>> fact is that the new code that got in the main Pharo 8.0 image was >>> contributed by more than 100 people. >>> Pharo is more than code. It is an exciting project involving energetic >>> people. We thank all the contributors to this release: >>> Serge Stinckwich, Myroslava Romaniuk, Hilaire Fernandes, Alexandre Bergel, >>> David Bajger, Sean DeNigris, Theodore Moen, Dayne Guerra Calle, Juraj >>> Kubelka, Max Leske, Santiago Jose Dandois, Alistair Grant, Sabine Mana, >>> Chia Yu, Stephan Eggermont, Milton Mamani, Pavel Krivanek, Ben Coman, >>> Marcus Denker, Pierre Misse, Christophe Demarey, Allex Oliveira, Andreina >>> Cota, Theo Rogliano, Clément Dutriez, Quentin Ducasse, Cyril Ferlicot, >>> Cameron Bierwagen, Marek Niepieklo, Clotilde Toullec, Esteban Lorenzano, >>> Vincent Blondeau, Danil Osipchuk, Eiichiro Ito, Noury Bouraqadi, Oleksandr >>> Zaytsev, Jason Riggs, Alain Plantec, Kasper Osterbye, Leonardo Cecchi, Chi >>> Huynh, Santiago Bragagnolo, Antonio Pierro, Pablo Tesone, Tim Mackinnon, >>> Wesley Duerksen, Wilfred Hughes, John Brant, Evelyn Cusi Lopez, Manuel >>> Leuenberger, Thomas Dupriez, Norbert Hartl, Torsten Bergmann, Gabriel Omar >>> Cotelli, Carlo Teixeira, Guille Polito, Torsten Bergman, Damien Pollet, >>> Holger Hans Peter Freyther, Julio Ripoll, Carolina Hernandez Phillips, >>> Julien Delplanque, Hugo Lasnier, James Foster, Will Hensel, Erik Stel, Sven >>> Van Caekenberghe, Martín Dias, Tomohiro Oda, Konrad Hinsen, Sébastien >>> Roccaserra, Stéphane Ducasse, Denis Kudriashov, Ellis Harris, Steven Costiou >>> (If you contributed with Pharo 8.0 development in any way and we missed >>> your name, please send us a mail 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> >>> >>> If you cannot see this, follow this link: >>> http://pharo.org/news/pharo8.0-released >>> <http://pharo.org/news/pharo8.0-released>
