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<DIV>> ... but several folks have pointed out that even a slight deviation
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<DIV>> from unadorned text is not supported by all email clients
(sigh).</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> What can we do when the 'Least
Common Denominator' is also</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> the most common
(sigh).</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Only if we strive for the
"Largest Common Denominator" then</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> even the sky is not the limit
;-)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Cheers,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> PhiHo.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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<A title=Alan.Kay@squeakland.org href="mailto:Alan.Kay@squeakland.org">Alan
Kay</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Thursday, December 04, 2003 4:52
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Morph>>Delete</DIV>
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<DIV>Lots of appearance things were nicer before the Smalltalk-80 release
efforts. I wasn't there at the time, but I think they decided (probably
rightly) to use the existing character set in the outside world. And, today,
it would be nice to do something like your suggestion (maybe a different one)
and many other cosmetic possibilities, but several folks have pointed out that
even a slight deviation from unadorned text is not supported by all email
clients (sigh).</DIV>
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<DIV>Cheers,</DIV>
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<DIV>Alan</DIV>
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<DIV>At 4:30 PM -0800 12/4/03, Andrew P. Black wrote:</DIV>
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<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">Aaron J Reichow wrote:<BR>><BR>>
> > 2. The format for specifying a message is Class>>#message
; that is your<BR>> > > message should have read
Morph>>#delete.<BR>> ><BR>> > Really? I use
#delete to talk about the message, but Morph>>delete to<BR>> >
talk about a particular method.<BR>><BR>> The convention is to use
the #. It's kind of neat actually- do a<BR>> print-it on
"Morph>>#delete" in a workspace- the CompiledMethod for that<BR>>
method is returned. #delete can be passed (a symbol), and delete
cannot.<BR><BR>Yes, "Morph>>#delete" is a valid Smalltalk expression
and</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">"Morph>>delete" is
not.</BLOCKQUOTE></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">I've always found the # symbol to be a blot
on the otherwise elegant syntax of Smalltalk. Its a bit surprising to
me that Smalltalk didn't adopt a different convention, such as typing all
symbols in bold face. delete would be an identifier reference,
whereas<B> delete</B> would be a symbol, and</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite=""
type="cite"> <X-TAB>
</X-TAB>myMorph<B> delete</B></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">would send the message<B> delete</B> to the
object bound to myMorph.</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite"><BR></BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE cite="" type="cite">However, I'm about 25 years too late in
proposing this, so I don't expect that it will be adopted real soon
now.</BLOCKQUOTE>
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<BLOCKQUOTE cite=""
type="cite"><X-TAB>
</X-TAB>Andrew</BLOCKQUOTE>
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