[squeak-dev] Emacs as a conceptual entry point to Smalltalk

K. K. Subramaniam subbukk at gmail.com
Sun Aug 16 18:05:13 UTC 2009


On Sunday 16 Aug 2009 2:33:39 am Ronald Spengler wrote:
> Also: What analogies have helped you explain Smalltalk to people who've not
> used it before?
Smalltalk (image) is a computer that is assembled out of many smaller, similar 
computers. The simplest computers are switch, numbers, names (symbols) and 
collections (arrays). Magic is in the way they all connect and work with each 
other.

Strangely, children grok this easier than adults =:o). Most books on Smalltalk 
present it from a programming perspective rather than an explorer's perpective 
of a recursive world of objects.

Subbu




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