[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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