Pharo 4 will be released in Spring 2015 and contains many improvements and updates over previous versions. It has already seen over 1200 issues closed and is very stable. Small changes include improved refactorings, a smaller 6MB deployment image, and support for ifTrue: on non-Booleans. Larger ongoing projects include first class instance and global variables, replacing the .changes system with a new high-level change model called Epicea, and advancing reflection capabilities through partial behavioral reflection and associating metaobjects with structural objects.

1. Pharo Status
Marcus Denker
http://www.pharo.org

2. Iceberg
A lot of Changes!
Not everything
visible

3. Pharo4
To be released Spring 2015
Already 467 updates
>1200 Issues closed
Very stable

4. Small things…
Improved Refactorings
6MB Deployment Image
ifTrue: on non-Booleans
Browser and Tool cleanups
Context Cleanup (MethodContext/ContextPart merge)

6. GT Tools
Spotter
GTInspector

7. TxText
New TextModell
Preview in Pharo4

8. First Class Variables
• First class Instance Variables (Slots)
• First class globals + class variables

9. In Progress
• For Pharo4 or 5

10. Epicea
• Replace .changes
• High level model:
• aggregate changes (refactoring)
• serialized to disk independent of source model

11. Advanced Reflection
• Partial Behavioral Reflection
• Associate MetaObject with structural object
• Slots, Globals
• AST nodes

12. And more…
• VM related news
• Spur, Sista, 64bit…
• ……….. there are lots of talks here

13. Questions ?