It's got a few things that make it intriguing: a pure object-oriented environment (literally everything is an object), OOP implemented as "message passing" (Alan Kay's vision), and an IDE with integrated tools, refactoring, debugging, and search (it's very reflective/introspective). Download Pharo Launcher & try it! It's a lot of fun to program with!
I actually wanted to give the squeak implementation a try. They also have a GraalVM support, which opens up a lot of possibilities.
Bit if there are good reasons to prefer Pharo I love to hear them.
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Really want to learn Smalltalk this year. It seems to pop up a lot as a 'proper' oo language.
Smalltalk is a new world in its own
It's got a few things that make it intriguing: a pure object-oriented environment (literally everything is an object), OOP implemented as "message passing" (Alan Kay's vision), and an IDE with integrated tools, refactoring, debugging, and search (it's very reflective/introspective). Download Pharo Launcher & try it! It's a lot of fun to program with!
I actually wanted to give the squeak implementation a try. They also have a GraalVM support, which opens up a lot of possibilities.
Bit if there are good reasons to prefer Pharo I love to hear them.