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The SABLE programming language has been announced. It is a Smalltalk-derived programming language, running on .NET and Mono.

It has been announced that the next Toronto Smalltalk User Group meeting will be held on April 7, 2008.

GNU Smalltalk 3.0a has been released. GNU Smalltalk is a portable, open source Smalltalk-80 implementation.

This release includes: support for Seaside, the gst-remote tool for remotely controlling a GNU Smalltalk VM via a TCP socket, unbuffered sockets support, and other changes.

GNU Smalltalk 3.0.2 has been released. GNU Smalltalk is a portable, open source Smalltalk-80 implementation.

This release includes: improved GNUPlot bindings, a variety of new methods, bug fixes, and other changes.

It has been announced that the next Sydney Smalltalk Users Group meeting will be held on February 26, 2008.

The International Smalltalk Joint Conference 2008 has put out a call for contributions.

The conference will be held from August 25 to 29, 2008, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

It has been announced that registration for Smalltalk Solutions 2008 is now open.

It will be held from June 18 to 21, 2008, in Reno, Nevada.

GNU Smalltalk 3.0.1 has been released. GNU Smalltalk is a portable, open source Smalltalk-80 implementation.

This release includes a number of bug fixes.

It has been announced that a Smalltalk meeting will be held in London, England on March 8, 2008.

It has been announced that the next Toronto Smalltalk User Group meeting will be held on February 4, 2008.

GNU Smalltalk 3.0 has been released. GNU Smalltalk is a portable, open source Smalltalk-80 implementation.

This release includes: a new syntax for defining classes, a different startup sequence, the movement of several classes to the internal Kernel namespace, the use of the new .star format for packages, Gnuplot bindings, bug fixes, and other changes.

Smalltalk YX 0.1.6 has been released. It is a portable, open source Smalltalk-80 implementation.

This release includes: GNU build support; the addition of an X11 plugin; a CommandLine class for parsing command line arguments; basic support for handling foreign C pointers, structs and unions from Smalltalk; bug fixes; and other changes.

Dolphin Smalltalk 6.1 Beta has been released. It is a Smalltalk implementation and development environment for Windows.

This release includes: cosmetic improvements under Windows Vista, development environment improvements, bug fixes, and other changes.

GNU Smalltalk 2.95h has been released. GNU Smalltalk is a portable, open source Smalltalk-80 implementation.

This release includes a fix for a garbage collection bug.

Smalltalk YX 0.1.5 has been released. It is a portable, open source Smalltalk-80 implementation.

This release includes: improved tracebacks and error reporting, OrderedCollection enhancements, new examples, improved compatibility with different compilers and build systems on various platforms, bug fixes, and other changes.

GNU Smalltalk 2.95g has been released. GNU Smalltalk is a portable, open source Smalltalk-80 implementation.

This release includes: Gnuplot and SQLite bindings, updates to the JIT compiler, bug fixes, and other changes.

It has been announced that the next Toronto Smalltalk User Group meeting will be held on December 3, 2007.

It has been announced that a mailing list is available for the current Smalltalk ANSI standardisation efforts.

GNU Smalltalk 2.95f has been released. GNU Smalltalk is a portable, open source Smalltalk-80 implementation.

This is the first release candidate for GNU Smalltalk 3.0. It includes: updates to the browser to work with the new syntax, a split of the XML package into five smaller packages, bug fixes, and other changes.

It has been announced that a Smalltalk gathering will be held on November 17, 2007, in Bern, Switzerland.