On 28-Aug-07, at 2:41 PM, Bert Freudenberg wrote:

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> But also, newcomers to Smalltalk need to understand that to  
> Smalltalkers, the *language* part is actually not all that  
> important. This is very different from other communities like the  
> ones you list, which are in fact centered around their language.  
> For us Smalltalkers it is the environment that counts most, not the  
> syntax.
Well yes, but.

The environment is only possible because we have a rather good  
semantic model serviced via a good, clean, regular, intelligible  
syntax. And some smart people using it, of course.

tim
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