Hi guys!

Gotta chime in somewhere here and since Jecel mentioned DS... :)

Jecel Assumpcao Jr wrote:
> I want it to be easy and elegant to create and share persistent objects
> using Squeak.
> 
> Solutions like Monticello+package universes/squeakmap are a bit too
> complicated for me and yet don't do some things that I want.

I don't associate those tools much with "persistent objects", mostly 
(well, SM can do Projects so sure...) with source code.

> Deltastreams would improve that somewhat.

Eventually and hopefully. Since Brest I haven't had any time at all to 
put on "private Squeaking" though. But it is still there on the back 
burner. :)

Otherwise I:

- Really like what Andreas wrote. :)
- Will hopefully work on web stuff using Seaside in near future "for pay".
- Continue working on Gjallar and DeltaStreams.
- Will work on improving the CouchDB client code.
- Am highly interested in getting Squeak running on Android, in whatever 
fashion. I am trying but its... hard to merge build systems etc.
- Really want Squeak to "move on".

We shouldn't be too afraid of changing and fixing stuff! I really like 
the latest Set/Dictionary improvements - for the simple fact that 
somebody actually DARES to touch that stuff again. More, more!

If we could also get say... some really slick concurrency mechanisms 
(Promises? Asynch messages?) either into a really good library and/or 
into the language - I really think we should stop being so afraid of 
modifying the language and its core. That is my incoherent point really.

Regarding Pharo etc, IMHO it's "just a fork". And forks are good. 
Really. :) As long as we don't build fences between them (mentally or 
technically).

regards, Göran

PS. I really love all the exciting stuff on vm-dev (threaded VM, Cog, 
event based VM etc).