Of course you right 
But Pharo have this

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> On 23 May 2020, at 12:37, Marcel Taeumel <marcel.taeumel at hpi.de> wrote:
> 
> 
> Yes, the bit-wise operators from C translate to #bit*: messages in Smalltalk.
> 
> However, ages ago, someone started to support #>> and #<< on Integer for bit shifting. So, it is somewhat inconsistent.
> 
> Even though there are & and | in Boolean, most of the time, the code reads better with #and: or #or:. It can be challenging already to teach students the difference between "expOne or: [expTwo]" and "expOne or: (expTwo)". Adding & and | to the mix is not helpful. :-D
> 
> Next step would be to support #ifTrue:ifFalse: on Integer? Please, don't. :-)
> 
> Best,
> Marcel
>> Am 23.05.2020 14:12:47 schrieb K K Subbu <kksubbu.ml at gmail.com>:
>> 
>> On 23/05/20 3:18 pm, Edgar De Cleene wrote:
>> > Seems
>> > Integer>>#|
>> > 
>> > Is not in Squeak 6.0 .
>> > Any reason ?
>> AFAIK, #| has always been boolean or operator in Smalltalk. The bitwise 
>> or is #bitOr: as in:
>> 
>> 2r1011 bitOr: 2r101 "15"
>> 
>> HTH .. Subbu
>> 
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