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The Caffeine web livecoding project has added Pharo to the list of Smalltalk distributions it runs with SqueakJS. Bert Freudenberg and I spent some time getting SqueakJS to run Pharo at ESUG 2016 in Prague last summer, and it mostly worked. I think Bert got a lot further since then, because now there are just a few Pharo primitives that need implementing. All I’ve had to do so far this time is a minor fix to the input event loop and add the JavaScript bridge. The bridge now works from Pharo, and it’s the first time I’ve seen that.

Next steps include getting the Tether remote messaging protocol and Snowglobe app streaming working between Pharo and Squeak, all running in SqueakJS. Of course, I’d like to see fluid code-sharing of all kinds between Squeak, Pharo, and all the other Smalltalk implementations.

So, let the bugfixing begin! :)  You can run it at https://caffeine.js.org/pharo/. Please do get in touch if you find and fix things. Thanks!

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