Yes I still think that it was a mistake to not do the massive
SmalltalkImage current -> Smalltalk rewrite.
I'm pretty sure that Pharo went further than Squeak with this respect!


2013/7/22 Casey Ransberger <casey.obrien.r at gmail.com>

> Okay so from my point of view, SmalltalkImage is an extra class, a fifth
> wheel.
>
> In practice, and mainly because Morphic is so different, this is a really
> easy thing to deal with. Anything with a UI will require significant
> reimplementation in order to run over Cuis, so this particular case, like
> the difference in how authors are identified, is a minor nuisance that pops
> up a lot. When the debugger opens to complain about a missing
> SmalltalkImage, I just replace it with Smalltalk (IIRC) and that generally
> works.
>
> In general though, you're right. Compat packages are the way to go.
>
> On Jul 21, 2013, at 3:26 PM, Nicolas Cellier <
> nicolas.cellier.aka.nice at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > If you badly need to import packages in Cuis, then nothing prevents you
> to add a Squeak-Compatibility layer (or Pharo), and let Cuis itself clean.
>
>
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