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[1] Sébastien and I are spending the week in Genova, Italy. We try to leave our computers from time to time to visit the coast of Liguria and the city. Portofino was absolutely beautiful. [2] We still find some time to hack on Iliad ;) [3] If you're near Genova and want to have a beer, let us now! --read more

GNU Smalltalk Release details traslated to spanish "El día 2 de Mayo, Paolo, liberó la versión 3.2 de GNU Smalltalk Según la definición de su web: GNU Smalltalk, es una implementación libre del lenguaje Smalltalk-80. Funciona en la mayoría de los ... [More] sistemas operativos compatibles POSIX (incluyendo Linux, por supuesto), al igual que bajo Windows. Smalltalk, es un lenguaje dinámico orientado a objetos. La versión 3.2, podéis descargarla desde aquí: * ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/smalltalk/smalltalk-3.2.tar.gz SHA1 checksum: d951714c4fc7d91d06bdc33c20905885e5d2b25f * ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/smalltalk/smalltalk-3.2.tar.xz SHA1 checksum: 1ff71bf0be7e238eba9485eb6a016bc4faa07cea Aunque, debido a algunos problemillas de comunicación entre Paolo y el equipo de VisualGST, seguramente, en los próximos días, salga a la luz la versión 3.2.1 con más mejoras..." ...read full entryread more [Less]

We just released Iliad 0.8.1. This is a bug fix release with small improvements. Especially, we fixed an annoying bug related with session expiration, and improved Formula with global conditions and errors. The Comet API changed a bit too, you can ... [More] read a blog post about it: http://smalltalk.gnu.org/blog/nico/iliad-applications-comet We also removed all hard-coded javascript generated in HTML pages. The javascript layer is now entirely responsible for automatic AJAX. We encourage everyone using Iliad 0.8 to upgrade to 0.8.1.read more [Less]

Iliad 0.8 features a Comet implementation using XmlHttpRequest long polling. In this post I'll explain here how to build a very simple Comet application with a counter. Application instances will share the same counter model. Comet counter widgets ... [More] are similar to the counter example widget, except that they will register to comet events, and trigger them when the count value changes, pretty much like announcements. When a comet event is triggered, all widgets which registered to the event class will be rebuilt.read more [Less]

I'm writing here so that it appears on the planet. GNU Smalltalk 3.2 is now available. It has lots of new features like: gst-browser (or VisualGST), a brand new browser written using GTK+ which replaces the old gst-blox which was written using ... [More] Tk. It looks beautiful and already has lots of features. gst-package which allows you to download packages via internet. You can grab Iliad Web Framework in just a few seconds and you are ready to go! More detailed list of the new features and bug fixes are at: http://smalltalk.gnu.org/news/gnu-smalltalk-3-2 [Less]

GNU Smalltalk 3.2 has been released at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/smalltalk/smalltalk-3.2.tar.gzSHA1 checksum: d951714c4fc7d91d06bdc33c20905885e5d2b25f ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/smalltalk/smalltalk-3.2.tar.xz read more

GNU Smalltalk 3.2 has been released at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/smalltalk/smalltalk-3.2.tar.gzSHA1 checksum: d951714c4fc7d91d06bdc33c20905885e5d2b25f ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/smalltalk/smalltalk-3.2.tar.xzSHA1 checksum: ... [More] 1ff71bf0be7e238eba9485eb6a016bc4faa07cea Main features of the new release include downloading of remote packages (for smalltalk.gnu.org hosted projects), a new browser based on GTK+, a callgraph profiler and incremental garbage collection. This version can also run the Iliad web framework. Following is a detailed list of changes between 3.1 and 3.2. Backwards-incompatible bug fixes and changes Collection>>#anyOne gives an error if the receiver is empty. "aNumber raisedToInteger: 0" will raise an exception if and only if aNumber is not a floating-point value. This was backwards in previous versions. Interval>>#first and Interval>>#last give an error if the interval is empty (i.e. if start > stop and the step is positive, or start < stop and the step is negative). SequenceableCollection>>#sortBy: was renamed to #sort:. The old message is _not_ provided for backwards-compatibility. The semantics of recursive directory descent were adjusted as follows: 1) the '.' and '..' directory entries are not passed; 2) for #do:, the file is passed directly (3.1 used to pass another recursive decorator); 3) before the descent starts, the directory itself is passed to the block. The XML parser will ignore whitespace if placed in non-validating mode. The suggested way to instantiate an XML parser is now using "SAXParser defaultParserClass", which will work with either of the two available parsers (the existing Smalltalk parsers, and the Expat bindings; see below). New features (base classes) Floating-point rounding to integer is now correct also for very large numbers; fix contributed by Nicolas Cellier. Methods have been added to Integer to print numbers with padding to a specified width. New FilePath methods #owner:, #group:, #owner:group: allow setting a file's owner and group. Sending mode, file time and owner setters to a recursive directory decorator (such as `Directory working all') sets the mode/time/owner on all files under the path. Speedups for hashed collections String>>#subStrings: accepts a single separator character or also, in accordance with ANSI, a String holding a list of separators. The old instance-based exception handling has been removed. Standard ANSI class-based exceptions have been available since GNU Smalltalk 1.8.2. The text-based #inspect method is now available also as Object>>#examine and Object>>#examineOn:, so that it will also work on arbitrary streams and will be available when a GUI is loaded. Contributed by Stefan Schmiedl. New features (tools) gst-convert can emit Squeak fileouts. New graphical interface VisualGST, loaded with gst-browser. The old browser is still available, but obsolete. New ProfilerTools package for callgraph profiling of Smalltalk programs. A companion gst-profile tool will create profiles in callgrind-compatible format. Contributed by Derek Zhou. Projects hosted at smalltalk.gnu.org can be downloaded and updated directly from the network. The repository at smalltalk.gnu.org holds the location of the package.xml files, which point to the svn or git URL of the code. In order to download a package with git, version 1.6.2 is required. SUnit supports expected failures. New features (VM) Fixes in garbage collection heuristics provide improved performance on programs allocating many long-lived objects. Contributed by Derek Zhou. Floating-point numbers are now read correctly. In idle times, GNU Smalltalk will perform incremental garbage collection. When it finishes, GNU Smalltalk will consume zero CPU. Mostly rewritten Windows port. It should mostly work except for sockets (the socket code will likely be rewritten for all platforms for 3.3 anyway). An experimental installer will be made available shortly. Support for one-way become (Object>>#becomeForward:). The millisecond clock uses CLOCK_MONOTONIC where available. New features (packages) Many improvements to the Gtk bindings. NetClients supports ESMTP commands. New goodie, the SandstoneDb object persistence framework. Swazoo upgraded to version 2.2, plus local fixes. The Complex package uses numerically stable algorithms The Continuations package provides delimited continuations via BlockClosure>>#shift and BlockClosure>>#reset. Both methods accept a block (1-arg for shift, 0-arg for reset). An XML pull parser is included as package XML-PullParser. The package is based on the VisualWorks and Squeak pull parsers by Anthony Blakey and Ken Treis. In addition to the validating XML parser, a non-validating Expat-based parser is available in package XML-Expat. The Expat parser is experimental, but it is very fast and supports both pull and push operation. Bug fixes Code running as a Generator now honors exception handlers outside the Generator block. Fixed copying of Dictionary to not share the underlying associations. Fixed ##() expressions that return a block EPIPE is handled correctly. Running on kernels without SOCK_CLOEXEC support will not fail even if the VM was compiled on a kernel that supported it. The Sockets package failed to initialize when the machine was not connected to the network; this has been fixed. The Transcript now uses a RecursionLock. This fixes crashes when an exception occurred while printing a backtrace. Miscellaneous GNU Smalltalk now does not rely anymore on specific (old) versions of libtool. GNU Smalltalk tries to enable Emacs modes automatically on systems that support a site-lisp/site-start.d directory. REPL autocompletion includes all symbols including unary messages (and variable names). Process-local variables are now stored in an IdentityDictionary rather than a LookupTable. [Less]

GNU Smalltalk 3.2 has been released at ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/smalltalk/smalltalk-3.2.tar.gzSHA1 checksum: d951714c4fc7d91d06bdc33c20905885e5d2b25f ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/smalltalk/smalltalk-3.2.tar.xzSHA1 checksum: ... [More] 1ff71bf0be7e238eba9485eb6a016bc4faa07cea Main features of the new release include downloading of remote packages (for smalltalk.gnu.org hosted projects), a new browser based on GTK+, a callgraph profiler and incremental garbage collection. This version can also run the Iliad web framework. Following is a detailed list of changes between 3.1 and 3.2. Backwards-incompatible bug fixes and changes Collection>>#anyOne gives an error if the receiver is empty. "aNumber raisedToInteger: 0" will raise an exception if and only if aNumber is not a floating-point value. This was backwards in previous versions. Interval>>#first and Interval>>#last give an error if the interval is empty (i.e. if start > stop and the step is positive, or start < stop and the step is negative). SequenceableCollection>>#sortBy: was renamed to #sort:. The old message is _not_ provided for backwards-compatibility. The semantics of recursive directory descent were adjusted as follows: 1) the '.' and '..' directory entries are not passed; 2) for #do:, the file is passed directly (3.1 used to pass another recursive decorator); 3) before the descent starts, the directory itself is passed to the block. The XML parser will ignore whitespace if placed in non-validating mode. The suggested way to instantiate an XML parser is now using "SAXParser defaultParserClass", which will work with either of the two available parsers (the existing Smalltalk parsers, and the Expat bindings; see below). New features (base classes) Floating-point rounding to integer is now correct also for very large numbers; fix contributed by Nicolas Cellier. Methods have been added to Integer to print numbers with padding to a specified width. New FilePath methods #owner:, #group:, #owner:group: allow setting a file's owner and group. Sending mode, file time and owner setters to a recursive directory decorator (such as `Directory working all') sets the mode/time/owner on all files under the path. Speedups for hashed collections String>>#subStrings: accepts a single separator character or also, in accordance with ANSI, a String holding a list of separators. The old instance-based exception handling has been removed. Standard ANSI class-based exceptions have been available since GNU Smalltalk 1.8.2. The text-based #inspect method is now available also as Object>>#examine and Object>>#examineOn:, so that it will also work on arbitrary streams and will be available when a GUI is loaded. Contributed by Stefan Schmiedl. New features (tools) gst-convert can emit Squeak fileouts. New graphical interface VisualGST, loaded with gst-browser. The old browser is still available, but obsolete. New ProfilerTools package for callgraph profiling of Smalltalk programs. A companion gst-profile tool will create profiles in callgrind-compatible format. Contributed by Derek Zhou. Projects hosted at smalltalk.gnu.org can be downloaded and updated directly from the network. The repository at smalltalk.gnu.org holds the location of the package.xml files, which point to the svn or git URL of the code. In order to download a package with git, version 1.6.2 is required. SUnit supports expected failures. New features (VM) Fixes in garbage collection heuristics provide improved performance on programs allocating many long-lived objects. Contributed by Derek Zhou. Floating-point numbers are now read correctly. In idle times, GNU Smalltalk will perform incremental garbage collection. When it finishes, GNU Smalltalk will consume zero CPU. Mostly rewritten Windows port. It should mostly work except for sockets (the socket code will likely be rewritten for all platforms for 3.3 anyway). An experimental installer will be made available shortly. Support for one-way become (Object>>#becomeForward:). The millisecond clock uses CLOCK_MONOTONIC where available. New features (packages) Many improvements to the Gtk bindings. NetClients supports ESMTP commands. New goodie, the SandstoneDb object persistence framework. Swazoo upgraded to version 2.2, plus local fixes. The Complex package uses numerically stable algorithms The Continuations package provides delimited continuations via BlockClosure>>#shift and BlockClosure>>#reset. Both methods accept a block (1-arg for shift, 0-arg for reset). An XML pull parser is included as package XML-PullParser. The package is based on the VisualWorks and Squeak pull parsers by Anthony Blakey and Ken Treis. In addition to the validating XML parser, a non-validating Expat-based parser is available in package XML-Expat. The Expat parser is experimental, but it is very fast and supports both pull and push operation. Bug fixes Code running as a Generator now honors exception handlers outside the Generator block. Fixed copying of Dictionary to not share the underlying associations. Fixed ##() expressions that return a block EPIPE is handled correctly. Running on kernels without SOCK_CLOEXEC support will not fail even if the VM was compiled on a kernel that supported it. The Sockets package failed to initialize when the machine was not connected to the network; this has been fixed. The Transcript now uses a RecursionLock. This fixes crashes when an exception occurred while printing a backtrace. Miscellaneous GNU Smalltalk now does not rely anymore on specific (old) versions of libtool. GNU Smalltalk tries to enable Emacs modes automatically on systems that support a site-lisp/site-start.d directory. REPL autocompletion includes all symbols including unary messages (and variable names). Process-local variables are now stored in an IdentityDictionary rather than a LookupTable. [Less]

We are happy to announce the release of Iliad version 0.8 for GNU Smalltalk et Pharo. New features include: Iliad is now using Grease and non portable code has been partially replaced; The "mark dirty" mechanism has been rewritten to ... [More] improve support for tabs/windows sharing the same session; The new Formula package makes it easy to build validated forms; read more [Less]

Hi, Thanks to Nicolas Petton ;) The GTK Tutorial is now hosted : http://bioskop.fr/gtk_tutorial Gwen