Add Smalltalk about runner HOT 10 OPEN

Alright, I'll work on that.
The only test framework I've found is SUnit, but I'm not even completely sure it'll work. We might need to make our own one.

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I have GNU Smalltalk locally, but I don't think there's much of a difference between them.
I think they're all the same language, just small differences (?) between them. No need to support them all tho.

Yeah, that one might work. I'll experiment with it.

Edit: I don't see an easy way to install that one without using Pharo actually... (not a problem?)

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The linked page is down. This link maybe suitable instead.

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What do you need help with actually?

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@Steffan153 Added a checklist. So, figuring out how to test and produce the output we need.

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Well... it doesn't look like it'll work.

1. I couldn't get it working myself...
2. if I could, the output wouldn't be anything useful to Codewars, or easily convertible.
3. Basically all it does is let you assert stuff, so it's basically the equivalent of Test.expect, not providing useful output.

So should I write a custom test framework?

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Is there anything else? I'd avoid starting from scratch if possible.

Maybe instead of GNU Smalltalk, add Squeak or Pharo? I'd expect there's something for those two.

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I thought Squeak/Pharo were Smalltalk...
Well, for Squeak, same thing: https://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/541
Pharo: http://pharo.gforge.inria.fr/PBE1/PBE1ch8.html and https://jiaxianhua.github.io/smalltalk/2015/04/28/pharo-by-example-7
In any variation, they always use SUnit.

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All of them are Smalltalk derivatives.

Squeak is an open source implementation derived from Smalltalk-80 Version 1 by way of Apple Smalltalk.

GNU Smalltalk is a free software implementation of a derivative of Smalltalk-80 from the GNU project.

Pharo Smalltalk is a fork of Squeak oriented toward research and use in commercial environments.

Smalltalk - Wikipedia

I don't know much about them, but from what I've read, Squeak is Smalltalk. Pharo is more inspired by Smalltalk. Are they different enough to be considered different language? I won't be supporting all three of them unless I'm convinced, so let's pick one.

https://github.com/markbush/SmalltalkTests looks straightforward to modify and make it work.

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We can add Pharo instead. It looked like it has the most active users right now and has better tooling.
If there's not much difference, I'd prefer a more modern and popular one, so more users will be interested to try and it's easier for them to set up locally.

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