I just discovered Squeak this last fall and I am quite impressed. Although I had deemed the system "too unstable" until I discovered the Pharo base image. Previous attempts to install the full, or various components of, squeak-dev led to myriad debugger sessions, which, right out of the box is not very attractive.
Now I have a rich, stable and visually appealing Squeak development environment. The first question that comes to mind is this: how can I most easily import code I wrote in Cincom's VW NC environment? (It ejects it in xml.)
Additional questions: I would like to do some 3d visualization; should I pursue Croquet, Balloon, or other? Actually, long-term I might like the Croquet collaborative-tools, however, to begin with, I just need some visualization capabilities. An import of Balloon3d choked, so I pulled it in via Monticello - but it appears to be unusable in my image. Are the special libs I need? And if I start with Croquet, then I lose the comfortable feeling and stability of Pharo - or is it possible to pull in just the graphics components of croquet? Any guidance is appreciated, as I am just getting my feet wet here.
How many processes should I see running? [e.g. 3 plus 1 per window?]
Thanks in advance! Cam