Writing ALL META data and operations using Message Passing Syntax [MPS]

Peter William Lount peter at smalltalk.org
Tue Sep 18 08:39:40 UTC 2007


Hi,

It is not only possible and deseriable to write ALL META data and 
operations in Unary, Binary and Keyword Message Passing Syntax [MPS] (as 
done in Smalltalk), it has potent results. See it as a simulation in 
3d+time.

Let us see the flow of programs alter with declarations guiding their 
construction and operation.

Reply with any declaration or meta program operation that you wish to 
have expressed in MPS. What are they?

Rewrite it into MPS using standard Smalltalk with minimal Objects from 
the library. What do declarations look like in Smalltalk?

Declarations can exist within a stream of coding whatever aspect of 
program operation that you desire. Declarations interact in an 
environment influencing those relevant program statements according to 
the dynamics or statics of the declation internals.

What are the consequences and impact for implementation and other details?

Peter William Lount
peter at smalltalk.org







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