Hi Hernan,

> I really like the idea of killing the concept of variables from Smalltalk.
> I think that using role names for your known objects is a powerfull
> concept.

Explaining the object relation by names (as focus devices
 for message sends) let you also introduce the concepts
 of context, scope and collaboration early and in a natural
 way.

Ale.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Hernan Parra" <hernan.parra at bancogalicia.com.ar>
To: <squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 1:13 PM
Subject: Re: A big teacher wish


> I really like the idea of killing the concept of variables from Smalltalk.
> I think that using role names for your known objects is a powerfull
> concept.
>
> I like your proposal. It's a little more conservative than Alejandro's
one,
> but I'm more conservative than him. :-)
>
> Just my 2 cents.
>
> Best regards,
> Hernan Parra
>
> >Conclusion, my proposal is:
> >
> >  Morph
> >     subclass: #MyMorph
> >     instanceNames: ' myTarget lastTime '
> >     sharedNames:   ' CloseBoxImage '
> >
> >I found this way very useful for pupils with and without computer
> knowledge
> >background:
> >
> >1) For programmers: We avoid the match between the word "variables" and
> the
> >meaning this word has in the other languajes.
> >2) For non programmers: You get the feeling of "I know it"
> >
> >Diego Gomez Deck
>
>
>
>