[squeak-dev] [ANN] Like, Python? Like, Squeak!

Bert Freudenberg bert at freudenbergs.de
Wed Feb 24 22:23:42 UTC 2010


On 24.02.2010, at 23:13, Eliot Miranda wrote:
> 
> 
> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 1:47 PM, Andreas Raab <andreas.raab at gmx.de> wrote:
> Folks -
> 
> I just came across this amazing bit of modern language design:
> 
>   http://www.staringispolite.com/likepython/
> 
> And I just couldn't stop myself. I am happy to announce Like, Squeak the modern version of the Squeak language! Just as in Like, Python you will write your code, like, in a style culturally appropriate for teh 21st century. Let's give it a shot, bro:
> 
>  ok so fields := #(1 2 3) ah collect:[: omg aNumber|
>    aNumber reciprocal dude yeah
>  ].
>  yo Transcript just friggin show: da fields toootally reversed
> 
> Can you imagine the productivity boost? You just write it just the way you'd spell it! Like, Squeak opens completely new directions for any serious Squeak developer.
> 
> Here is a full list of Like, Squeak keywords (which looks awfully similar to the Like, Python keywords):
> 
> * Valleygirl: omg, so, like, totally, right, toootally
> * Frat guy: friggin, fuckin, dude, man, bro, broheim, broseph
> * Internets: lol, rofl, teh, ohai, plz
> * Snoop: yo, homey, homeboy, sup, dog, shit, girl, ma, biatch, ho, shiiit
> * Local: wicked, hella, anyways
> * Misc: just, hey, yeah, ok, um, uh, ah, actually, something
> 
> Surely, this will open the door to lots of new users trying out Squeak!
> 
> I'm sorry, I don't understand your banter.
> Can we please add whatHo, notCricket, goodShow, oldBoy, newFangled, prang, bloody and snifter old boy?  WWII banter suits Squeak better than all that new-fangled stuff by requiring camelCase to make it parse.

That's so totally not tubular ...

> And does this mean I have to stop writing "self doShit" in my Smalltalk code?


Far from it. You can now even write "omg self totally doShit dude lol".

kthxbye

- Bert -


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