Hi Ralph,

That is not quite right.

What would this return?

[^3] fork.
^4.

(It is the same thing).

Ron Teitelbaum

> -----Original Message-----
> From: squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org [mailto:squeak-dev-
> bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org] On Behalf Of Ralph Johnson
> Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 6:26 AM
> To: The general-purpose Squeak developers list
> Subject: Re: What would Squeak be like without non-local returns
> 
> Consider the code
> 
> object eventual: [...  ^3]
> ...
> ^4
> 
> Depending on the missing code, it could return either 3 or 4.  If not,
> something is very strange, and the language is no longer Smalltalk.
> 
> If you get rid of non-local returns, the language is no longer
> Smalltalk.  it might be a good language, but it is not Smalltalk.
> 
> -Ralph