> Pharo, like GNU Smalltalk, has a command line mode so that you can use your favourite editor.
That's good news that does not appear in official documentation (last time I checked).
> Yes, Pharo (and Smalltalk) is a world unto itself but that's the price you pay for a highly productive, easy-to-program software development environment.
Users want standalone software. They don't want to be forced to run programs in your highly productive IDE. If your IDE is marketed to programmers as "a shiny IDE you will never be able to escape from", programmers won't use it for fear of not being able to deploy software in a way that users would accept.
> remain rigid and stick to old, familiar ways
You know what has never ever worked for promoting programming languages? Insulting people who don't use your language.
That's good news that does not appear in official documentation (last time I checked).
> Yes, Pharo (and Smalltalk) is a world unto itself but that's the price you pay for a highly productive, easy-to-program software development environment.
Users want standalone software. They don't want to be forced to run programs in your highly productive IDE. If your IDE is marketed to programmers as "a shiny IDE you will never be able to escape from", programmers won't use it for fear of not being able to deploy software in a way that users would accept.
> remain rigid and stick to old, familiar ways
You know what has never ever worked for promoting programming languages? Insulting people who don't use your language.