Hi.

Here are some properties of Smalltalk/Squeak I like a lot:

"Duck typing" (dynamic typing)
Late binding (runtime modification)
Image-based environment
Navigation & browsing tools (like senders/implementers)
Access to complete source for the system
Children's stuff (eToys and various playful objects) are part of the
distribution
Flexible "windowing system" (Morphic/Tweak)

Squeak is like a spreadsheet in the respect that a change instantly
affects the system (this dynamic aspect is one of the things that made
spreadsheets popular, you can experiment with your data, it is not a
static calculation). Very few systems have this today, even Lisp
systems seem to have lost this aspect, Python/Ruby could have it, but
no tools seem to take advantage of it.

Best, Micke

On 10/26/06, Klaus D. Witzel <klaus.witzel at cobss.com> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I think that I'm going to build the Squeak Collection of Outstanding
> Remarkable Values. Therefore I have to tap the collective memory of the
> Squeakers (->YOU!)
>
> Take the following true positive examples which I hope do illustrate what
> I want to collect (further down below it has some false positive examples
> that I don't want to collect, just let them coexist please).
>
> Of course as soon as some momentum is gathered there be a web page which
> all the google users can make their start page.
>
> Do you happen to know a knowledgeable factum? If so, please post. Was such
> a collection already set up? If so, please post. Even if you have just
> some meager keywords: I want to know them, please post. I will do all the
> hard research work and find out the background and the related (if google
> permits).
>
> Thank you in advance, please post even your craziest idea!
>
> /Klaus
>
> +++++++examples+++++++
>
> All platforms same image; unmatched interoperability.
> - http://www.squeak.org/Download
>
> Double dispatching; invented by the Smalltalk inventors.
> - http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=28732
>
> Continuations; out of reach for majority of Smalltalk's competitors.
> - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continuation
>
> Seaside; nothing without continuations.
> - http://www.u3engage.org/public/thesis/ContinuationsModel.php
> - http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-cb03216/
>
> -------examples-------
>
> Smalltalk is better than Java.
>
> Everything is possible with Smalltalk.
>
> Squeak is an ...
> - http://www.squeak.org/About/
>
> Smalltalk, the language, is:
> - http://www.squeak.org/Features/
>
>
>