A Lisper asks, "Am I supposed to like Smalltalk?"

Ron Teitelbaum Ron at USMedRec.com
Wed May 17 14:18:58 UTC 2006


If you really love functions you can have one class and one method do
everything!  :)

Ron

> -----Original Message-----
> From: squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org [mailto:squeak-dev-
> bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org] On Behalf Of Stéphane Rollandin
> Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 4:03 AM
> To: The general-purpose Squeak developers list
> Subject: Re: A Lisper asks, "Am I supposed to like Smalltalk?"
> 
> Alan Lovejoy wrote:
> > Link:
> > http://i-need-closures.blogspot.com/2006/05/am-i-supposed-to-like-
> smalltalk.
> > html
> >
> 
> "
> Second is the 'OOP all the way' flavor of the Smalltalk language.
> Sometimes a function is just a function, and doesn't need to be in a
> class. I prefer the options that Lisp provides, I use imperative, OO,
> and functional, depending on the problem.
> "
> 
> this is now possible with LambdaMessageSend (on Squeakmap). a function
> can be just a function
> 
> 
> Stef
> 





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