Fwd: [jvm-l] [ANN] Gravel Smalltalk, a modern Smalltalk implementation for the JVM.

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> FYI
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> From: Wouter Gazendam <[hidden email]>
> Date: Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 4:37 PM
> Subject: [jvm-l] [ANN] Gravel Smalltalk, a modern Smalltalk implementation
> for the JVM.
> To: [hidden email]
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> We're happy to announce Gravel Smalltalk, a modern Smalltalk
> implementation for the JVM.
>
> Gravel.st aim to be a fully ANSI compliant Smalltalk implementation with
> modern language enhancements as optional typing, namespaces and traits.
>
> Gravel Smalltalk is developed in Smalltalk itself, in the spirit of
> Squeak's Slang. It's core functionality is then transformed to java source
> code which is then used to compile smalltalk code and bootstrap the system.
>
> *Features:
>  - Traits
>  - Optional typing
>  - Patching compiler
>  - Full block closures
>  - Resumable exceptions
>  - Namespaces
>  - Mirror based reflection facilities
>
> We aim to provide an interactive development environment in the Smalltalk
> philosophy as well as a stable and fast runtime platform. To facilitate
> interactive development we've developed the so-called patching compiler
> which can add or change running class and method definitions in the JVM.
>
> Gravel Smalltalk uses the jsr-292 (aka invokedynamic) language and VM
> enhancements in the JVM. So you need Oracle Java 7 or OpenJDK Java 7 or up.
>
> *Current status:
> Gravel Smalltalk is very alpha. We have enough code in the base library to
> boot the Gravel IDE and to run SUnit. Work is currently being done on the
> online debugger, IDE and base library. The typed Smalltalk to Java
> translation is not yet ported from VisualWorks Smalltalk since we have a
> dependency on our Pegon Type System (http://sourceforge.net/projects/pegon
> ).
>
> *License:
> Gravel Smalltalk is licensed under the very liberal Apache-2.0 License,
> except for parts of the Gravel IDE where we redistribute code from
> semantic-ui and codemirror.net. These are licensed under the compatible
> MIT License and CodeMirror licence. We also use code in the base library
> from Squeak, this is also licensed under the Apache-2.0 License or MIT
> License.
>
> For more information see https://github.com/gravel-st/gravel or ask
> around at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/gravel-st.
>
>
> Happy Smalltalk,
>
> Wouter Gazendam
>
>
> --
> Wouter Gazendam
> AG5 B.V.
> Willem Fenengastraat 4-C
> 1096 BN  Amsterdam
> http://www.ag5.nl
> Tel: 020-4630942
> Fax: 020-4630946
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> FYI
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Wouter Gazendam <[hidden email]>
> Date: Fri, Dec 20, 2013 at 4:37 PM
> Subject: [jvm-l] [ANN] Gravel Smalltalk, a modern Smalltalk implementation for
> the JVM.
> To: [hidden email]
>
>
> We're happy to announce Gravel Smalltalk, a modern Smalltalk implementation
> for the JVM.
>
> Gravel.st aim to be a fully ANSI compliant Smalltalk implementation with
> modern language enhancements as optional typing, namespaces and traits.
>
> Gravel Smalltalk is developed in Smalltalk itself, in the spirit of Squeak's
> Slang. It's core functionality is then transformed to java source code which
> is then used to compile smalltalk code and bootstrap the system.
>
> *Features:
>  - Traits
>  - Optional typing
>  - Patching compiler
>  - Full block closures
>  - Resumable exceptions
>  - Namespaces
>  - Mirror based reflection facilities
>
> We aim to provide an interactive development environment in the Smalltalk
> philosophy as well as a stable and fast runtime platform. To facilitate
> interactive development we've developed the so-called patching compiler which
> can add or change running class and method definitions in the JVM.
>
> Gravel Smalltalk uses the jsr-292 (aka invokedynamic) language and VM
> enhancements in the JVM. So you need Oracle Java 7 or OpenJDK Java 7 or up.
>
> *Current status:
> Gravel Smalltalk is very alpha. We have enough code in the base library to
> boot the Gravel IDE and to run SUnit. Work is currently being done on the
> online debugger, IDE and base library. The typed Smalltalk to Java translation
> is not yet ported from VisualWorks Smalltalk since we have a dependency on our
> Pegon Type System (http://sourceforge.net/projects/pegon
> <http://sourceforge.net/projects/pegon> ).
>
> *License:
> Gravel Smalltalk is licensed under the very liberal Apache-2.0 License, except
> for parts of the Gravel IDE where we redistribute code from semantic-ui
> and codemirror.net <http://codemirror.net/> . These are licensed under the
> compatible MIT License and CodeMirror licence. We also use code in the base
> library from Squeak, this is also licensed under the Apache-2.0 License or MIT
> License.
>
> For more information see https://github.com/gravel-st/gravel
> <https://github.com/gravel-st/gravel>  or ask around
> at https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/gravel-st
> <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/gravel-st> .
>
>
> Happy Smalltalk,
>
> Wouter Gazendam
>
>
> --
> Wouter Gazendam
> AG5 B.V.
> Willem Fenengastraat 4-C
> 1096 BN  Amsterdam
> http://www.ag5.nl <http://www.ag5.nl/>
> Tel: 020-4630942
> Fax: 020-4630946
>
>
> Gracias por compartir Angel
> Edgar