[mark_l_watson]

I agree on the goodness of image development. In the early 80s I had a Lisp Machine, and I would use an image for months before rebuilding it. Also, when I do Common Lisp using SBCL (not often), I have images pre-setup that I grow over time.

Unfortunately, my Smalltalk skills are weak, but it is a great language. About 8 years ago, I signed up as a Cincom Smalltalk VAR, spun up on it, but never had a customer want me to use it (except for Cincom itself: they paid me to rework some of the documentation).

Anyway, I just downloaded a Pharo + Seaside installer, and may play with it while visiting family next week.