In fact, Pharo pretty much can do everything you asked for. It is just amazing to learn a lot of CS concepts. Just so know, Pharo is a great tool to teach. I am a student and this is how I came across Pharo about a few years back.
And you can build both Business applications (http://pharo.org/Companies) or personal applications. Take a look at the catalogue here http://catalog.pharo.org/ and http://smalltalkhub.com/list. You can do almost everything in Pharo. Imagination is the limit to what you can do in Pharo.
And also there is a good list of use cases at http://pharo.org/success.
HTH
In fact, Pharo pretty much can do everything you asked for. It is just amazing to learn a lot of CS concepts. Just so know, Pharo is a great tool to teach. I am a student and this is how I came across Pharo about a few years back.
And you can build both Business applications (http://pharo.org/Companies) or personal applications. Take a look at the catalogue here http://catalog.pharo.org/ and http://smalltalkhub.com/list. You can do almost everything in Pharo. Imagination is the limit to what you can do in Pharo.
And also there is a good list of use cases at http://pharo.org/success.
HTH