> Ripping out stuff breaking features for a million users is not. Now 
> Pharo does not have millions of users to care about yet, they are making 
> a new system with a different focus. Great for them. But this does not 
> really apply to Squeak.

right. BTW I can see Pharo having exactly the same debate in a couple of 
years ahead, especially if it tries to keep both its research-oriented 
and professionnal-status aims at the same time. it will have its own 
backward compatibility to maintain after a while; at the moment it's all 
new and bright and pink... we all know how it goes.

Stef