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VA Smalltalk Forum Europe 2008 has been announced. It will be held in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, on September 23, 2008.

Pragmatic Smalltalk 0.5 has been released. It is a native Smalltalk compiler offering integration with Objective-C.

It has been announced that slides are now available for most of the presentations of Smalltalk Solutions 2008.

Smalltalk YX 0.1.7 has been released. It is a portable, open source Smalltalk-80 implementation.

This release includes: scheduler updates, improved error handling, the addition of the Random class, improved system signal handling, documentation updates, interpreter improvements, and other changes.

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

This release includes: support for backing CObjects with garbage-collected storage, a relocatable installation if possible, a rewrite of the virtual filesystem subsystem, suport for thread-local variables, bindings to Cairo and LibSDL, bug fixes, and other changes.

GNU Smalltalk 3.0.3 has been released. GNU Smalltalk is a portable, open source Smalltalk-80 implementation.

This release includes: new methods, a new -i command line option for gst-load, bug fixes, and other changes.

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.