> I'm new to squeak as well as this list, so hello to everyone.  As a 
> child, I had a lot of fun programming systems, using basic, assembly 
> language, and C.  As an adult, I've made my living doing a variety of 
> technical jobs, including programming c++, perl, and for the last 
> couple of years, a load of java.  I found myself drawn to computers as 
> a child because I found them fun and a lot more stimulating than most 
> of the other things around me.  At work, I've managed to keep learning 
> and diversifying my understanding.  I often gain satifaction from my 
> work, and I appreciate the beauty and intentions of all the languages 
> I've programmed, but I haven't had a lot of real fun with them.  I've 
> finally found squeak, and so far I've not been disappointed - it's 
> been stimulating, exiting and fun.  I only wish I'd had it as a child.
>  
> I was just wondering how stable I should expect squeak to be in 
> general.  I'm running 3.1, feb 28th, and I've had it crash on me a 
> couple of times. 

Working with Squeak for years now and, except when building and 
debugging machine language plugins or a few tricks at the interstices of 
a test pilot revision, it almost never crashes for me (except a few 
expressions I have learned can make this happen).  Can you tell us a bit 
more about your configuration?