Re: Smalltalk/Self
By: hseiken to All on Wed Sep 13 2017 12:28 am

I'm a noob on them, but I have to say, it really changes the way you
think about not only programming but how you think about programming.

Is that what you meant to say? :-)


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Re: Smalltalk/Self
By: Digital Man to hseiken on Wed Sep 13 2017 12:53:33

I'm a noob on them, but I have to say, it really changes the way you
think about not only programming but how you think about programming.

Is that what you meant to say? :-)

HAHAHA!


This really made me think about not only writing.. but writing.. :-)

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Re: Smalltalk/Self
By: Accession to Digital Man on Wed Sep 13 2017 16:02:54

I'm a noob on them, but I have to say, it really changes the way
you think about not only programming but how you think about
programming.

Is that what you meant to say? :-)

Dude, to be, or not to be? THAT is the question! ;)

Friggin Chicken and Egg type stuff.. far beyond my scope of knowledge..

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AnObject doSomething: withThis

AGlobalVariable := (Object doingSomething)

AGlobalVariable ifFalse: [ArbitraryObject andItsMessage]

Since the entire system is live, there's no textual editor, it would make no sense: it's code you're meant to dissect while it's running, even if it's crashing, you can still examine it as it runs 'wrong', all the way down to
the bytecode level if you wish. I'm not that hardcore, I just like making stuff do things without worrying about having to remember if I initialized something or not...smalltalk is a sketchpad, if nothing else, where concept
is first, syntax be damned. In fact, it's kind of like a weird way to always write your own language...which ends up being useful when you come back to
code you haven't looked at in ages...it kinda is it's own rosetta stone.