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

This release includes: a new syntax for defining classes, REPL changes, a different startup sequence, speed improvements, plus other changes and bug fixes.

VA Smalltalk Forum Europe 2007 has been announced.

It will be held on May 24, 2007, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Smalltalk Central has been announced. "Smalltalk Central provides a starting point for finding Smalltalk content, news, and links, from beginner tutorials to articles for expert developers."

It has been announced that the next meeting of the Toronto Smalltalk User Group will be held on April 5, 2007.

The Smalltalk Archeology Archive has been announced. It contains information about old Smalltalk implementations, including screenshots.

It has been announced that registration is now open for Smalltalk Solutions 2007. The conference will be held from April 30 to May 2, 2007 in Toronto, Canada.

The 2007 Smalltalk Coding Contest has been announced. The competition finale will be held at the Smalltalk Solutions Conference on April 29, 2007, in Toronto, Canada.

Contest registration is open until April 13. The first phase runs from April 13 to 22, with the winners of the first phase being announced on April 25.

Exupery 0.11 has been released. Exupery compiles Squeak bytecode to machine code.

This release includes: primitives for #new and #@, interrupt checking, bug fixes, and other changes.

It has been announced that the next meeting of the Toronto Smalltalk User Group will be held on March 1, 2007.

Exupery 0.11rc1 has been released. Exupery compiles Squeak bytecode to machine code.

This release includes: new #new and #@ primitives for fixed-size pointer objects, a class for compiled methods that provides better debugger support, and other changes.

GNU Smalltalk 2.3.3 has been released. GNU Smalltalk is a portable, open source Smalltalk-80 implementation.

This release includes: a --with-imagedir configure option for specifying the directory used for the image, the removal of text relocations from the virtual machine's shared library, and other changes and fixes.

VA Smalltalk 7.5 has been released. VA Smalltalk is a multi-platform, VisualAge Smalltalk-compatible Smalltalk implementation.

This release includes: support for Windows Vista, support for SUSE Linux, updated Oracle support, IDE enhancements, documentation improvements, bug fixes, and other changes.

GNU Smalltalk 2.3.2 has been released. GNU Smalltalk is a portable, open source Smalltalk-80 implementation.

This release includes: improved rounding precision when converting between Integers, Fractions and Floats, plus other changes and bug fixes.

It has been announced that the next meeting of the Toronto Smalltalk User Group will be held on February 1, 2007.

It has been announced that Smalltalk Solutions 2007 will be held from April 30 to May 2, 2007, in Toronto, Canada. "The Smalltalk Solutions forum is the premier event for bringing together Smalltalk users, developers, and enthusiasts."

GNU Smalltalk 2.3.1 has been released. It is a portable, open source Smalltalk-80 implementation.

This release includes bug fixes.

GNU Smalltalk 2.3 has been released. It is a portable, open source Smalltalk-80 implementation.

This release includes: licensing changes, improved performance for code heavily using C call-outs, improved Unicode support, ncurses bindings, other changes, and bug fixes.

GNU Smalltalk 2.2e has been released. It is a portable, open source Smalltalk-80 implementation.

This release includes a number of bug fixes.

The Hungarian Smalltalk User Group has been announced. It has also been announced that the first meeting will be held on March 3, 2007.

It has been announced that the next meeting of the Toronto Smalltalk User Group will be held on December 7, 2006.