Hi.
Here are some properties of Smalltalk/Squeak I like a lot:
"Duck typing" (dynamic typing) Late binding (runtime modification) Image-based environment Navigation & browsing tools (like senders/implementers) Access to complete source for the system Children's stuff (eToys and various playful objects) are part of the distribution Flexible "windowing system" (Morphic/Tweak)
Squeak is like a spreadsheet in the respect that a change instantly affects the system (this dynamic aspect is one of the things that made spreadsheets popular, you can experiment with your data, it is not a static calculation). Very few systems have this today, even Lisp systems seem to have lost this aspect, Python/Ruby could have it, but no tools seem to take advantage of it.
Best, Micke
On 10/26/06, Klaus D. Witzel klaus.witzel@cobss.com wrote:
Hi folks,
I think that I'm going to build the Squeak Collection of Outstanding Remarkable Values. Therefore I have to tap the collective memory of the Squeakers (->YOU!)
Take the following true positive examples which I hope do illustrate what I want to collect (further down below it has some false positive examples that I don't want to collect, just let them coexist please).
Of course as soon as some momentum is gathered there be a web page which all the google users can make their start page.
Do you happen to know a knowledgeable factum? If so, please post. Was such a collection already set up? If so, please post. Even if you have just some meager keywords: I want to know them, please post. I will do all the hard research work and find out the background and the related (if google permits).
Thank you in advance, please post even your craziest idea!
/Klaus
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All platforms same image; unmatched interoperability.
Double dispatching; invented by the Smalltalk inventors.
Continuations; out of reach for majority of Smalltalk's competitors.
Seaside; nothing without continuations.
- http://www.u3engage.org/public/thesis/ContinuationsModel.php
- http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/java/library/j-cb03216/
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