Could we call it Idealistic Programming?
--David Mitchell
-----Original Message----- From: Alan Kay [mailto:Alan.Kay@squeakland.org] Sent: Tue 8/19/2003 9:36 AM To: John Voiklis; squeakland@squeakland.org Cc: Subject: Re: [Squeakland] A somewhat silly suggestion for Andreas
Why not call a Tweak object an "Idea"? This would be even more Greek, and more appropriate. Cheers, Alan ----- At 1:36 PM -0400 8/18/03, John Voiklis wrote: >This came to me during mile five (the idea mile) of a recent long jog; so, >take it with a grain of salt. > >Given that objects in Tweak will be neither Morphs nor traditional objects, >I wonder if Andreas would consider calling a Tweak object a "Pragma" (a >thing, for the Greekless); that way the computer scientists, educators, and >epistemologists among us could develop a theory of "Pragmatic Programming," >while avoiding confusion with the various kinds of object-orientedness found >in Smalltalk and other languages. > >I have not fully thought this out yet, but the idea struck me as fertile >enough to risk embarrassing myself by making it public. > >Best, > >John > >_______________________________________________ >Squeakland mailing list >Squeakland@squeakland.org >http://squeakland.org/mailman/listinfo/squeakland -- _______________________________________________ Squeakland mailing list Squeakland@squeakland.org http://squeakland.org/mailman/listinfo/squeakland