=> 6/20/00 11:25:22 AM, karl.ramberg at chello.se =>
<< I've been wondering why variables don't default to something meaningful in 
their context, when they are not initialized. Smalltalk is a untyped language 
but it still requires types when the variables are uninitiated.  >>

Karl,

Smalltalk is fully typed at the object level. Variables, however, are untyped.

In the situation of variable which has not yet been assigned to, the variable 
refers to an instance of UndefinedObject. The only instance of 
UndefinedObject is #nil.

Jerry.
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