What if Java had Symmetric Converter Methods on Collection? Comparing converter methods in Smalltalk, Java, and Eclipse Collections

"toBe(), or not toBe()."

My latest blog was inspired after taking some Smalltalk collections for a quick spin in the Pharo IDE. Collection converter methods are more than a convenience. They aid discoverability of a collections library types through code. 🤔
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[ANN] Smalltalk Meetup in Zurich, 31 October 2025 zurich.smalltalk.world/

MNU SHORT v8 screener This is "MNU SHORT v8 screener" by Matt Rocker on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

"Message Not Understood" Documentary short screener: vimeo.com/716569419

FAST - Fundación Argentina de Smalltalk Share your videos with friends, family, and the world

All Videos of the annual Smalltalks conference (FAST - Fundación Argentina de Smalltalk) are online here: www.youtube.com/@FASTFoundat...

UK Smalltalk User Group The UK Smalltalk User Group is a group or professionals and hobbists who share an interest in the Smalltalk programming languages and related technologies. You can find us at https://www.uksmalltalk.org/ and https://twitter.com/uksmalltalk

All videos of the UK Smalltalk User Group are available here: www.youtube.com/@UKSTUG

Add your company to the new "Smalltalk Companies World Wide"list here: esug.org/companies.ht

Slides from #esug2025 (ESUG, IWST, ShowUs) are now on SlideShare: www.slideshare.net/esug/present...

ESUG 2025 Slides are online archive.esug.org/ESUG2025/

GitHub - mumez/pharo-smalltalk-interop-mcp-server: A local MCP server to communicate local Pharo Smalltalk image A local MCP server to communicate local Pharo Smalltalk image - mumez/pharo-smalltalk-interop-mcp-server

A new MCP server that bridges AI assistants with Pharo.
- Execute Smalltalk code directly from Claude
- Introspect classes, methods & packages
- Run tests, etc.
Great for AI-assisted Smalltalk development!
#Smalltalk #Pharo #AI #MCP
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Smalltalks 2024 Share your videos with friends, family, and the world

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Bags packed, mind full. #esug2025 comes to a close, but the ideas will keep growing. See you next year!

Kicking off the last afternoon session: ChatPharo, presented by Omar Abedelkader. #esug2025

Closing the last morning session with “Cavrois: An organic window manager that respects your flow” presented by Stéphane Ducasse. #esug2025

Marcus Denker is now presenting “Fluid Class Definitions in Pharo”. #esug2025

Andrei Chiș presents Glamorous Toolkit: Join to explore moldable development in action. #esug2025

Get to know “Clap, the command line for Pharo”, presented by Christophe Demarey. #esug2025

Join Erik Stel as he dives into “Canyon: Building mobile apps with CodeParadise”!
#esug2025

Opening the final day: Stéphane Ducasse on “What developers are doing with Pharo”. #esug2025

Wrapping up the third day of #esug2025 with “How to test a Spec App?” by Christophe Demarey. Tune in now!

Mining software repositories with Pharo: A talk by Nicolas Hlad at #esug2025. Catch it live!

Mariano Martinez Peck and Josh Wyatt just took the stage with “Enhancing Security in VAST: Towards Static Vulnerability Scanning.” Catch the talk now! #esug2025

Blink and you missed it! Domenico Cipriani brings “(Turbo)Phausto: News from the Pit Lane” to #esug2025

James Foster’s microservices talk was a highlight of #esug2025 — hope you caught it!

SqueakJS: A Decade of Progress. Now live at #esug2025 with Vanessa Freudenberg!

What’s next for GemTalk? Norm Green and James Foster kick off Day 3 of #esug2025

The Code in the Corridor: A music performance like no other by Domenico Cipriani 🎶 #esug2025 #coypu #phausto #bloc

Why Supporting Pharo Is Important — a thoughtful session on the impact of community contributions by Stéphane Ducasse. Don’t miss it! #esug2025

Ready for the last session of the day? Markus Denker and Norbert Hartl are presenting the Soil tutorial. We’ll be waiting for you in the main amphitheater! #esug2025

If you’re not here yet, come join Norbert Hartl presenting “Rhizome – Distributions in Soil.” #esug2025

Working with many AI assistants in Glamorous Toolkit: productivity leveled up! #esug2025

(Pic: Andrei Chiș)