Hi all. Anyone here into Smalltalk or Self as a language/playground for
code? I'm a noob on them, but I have to say, it really changes the way you think about not only programming but how you think about programming. Plus they're kinda fun to just tinker with, more-so than a text editor, imho.

Anyway, just throwing feelers out there, seeing if all the Smalltalkers and Selfies are hiding out in bbs land maybe..since there aren't a whole lot of them out in internet land.

Peace.

Re: Smalltalk/Self
By: hseiken to All on Wed Sep 13 2017 12:28 am

I'm a noob on them, but I have to say, it really changes the way you
think about not only programming but how you think about programming.

Is that what you meant to say? :-)


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Hello Digital,

On Wed Sep 13 2017 12:53:32, Digital Man wrote to hseiken:

I'm a noob on them, but I have to say, it really changes the way
you think about not only programming but how you think about
programming.

Is that what you meant to say? :-)

Dude, to be, or not to be? THAT is the question! ;)

Regards,
Nick

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Re: Smalltalk/Self
By: Digital Man to hseiken on Wed Sep 13 2017 12:53:33

I'm a noob on them, but I have to say, it really changes the way you
think about not only programming but how you think about programming.

Is that what you meant to say? :-)

HAHAHA!


This really made me think about not only writing.. but writing.. :-)

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Re: Smalltalk/Self
By: Accession to Digital Man on Wed Sep 13 2017 16:02:54

I'm a noob on them, but I have to say, it really changes the way
you think about not only programming but how you think about
programming.

Is that what you meant to say? :-)

Dude, to be, or not to be? THAT is the question! ;)

Friggin Chicken and Egg type stuff.. far beyond my scope of knowledge..

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On 2017-09-13 02:28 AM, hseiken wrote:

Hi all. Anyone here into Smalltalk or Self as a language/playground for code? I'm a noob on them, but I have to say, it really changes the way you think about not only programming but how you think about programming. Plus they're kinda fun to just tinker with, more-so than a text editor, imho.

Anyway, just throwing feelers out there, seeing if all the Smalltalkers and Selfies are hiding out in bbs land maybe..since there aren't a whole lot of them out in internet land.

Peace.

Show me some example code please.

Played in smalltalk once, maybe now I will understand it - it will
probably make sense now. Will have to take a look at it again though.

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On 2017-09-13 02:28 AM, hseiken wrote:

Hi all. Anyone here into Smalltalk or Self as a language/playground for code? I'm a noob on them, but I have to say, it really changes the way you think about not only programming but how you think about programming. Plus they're kinda fun to just tinker with, more-so than a text editor, imho.

Anyway, just throwing feelers out there, seeing if all the Smalltalkers and Selfies are hiding out in bbs land maybe..since there aren't a whole lot of them out in internet land.

Peace.

Have you checked Usenet? There is probably a group for that there and
there is definetaly a community for these languages. I am sure.

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AnObject doSomething: withThis

AGlobalVariable := (Object doingSomething)

AGlobalVariable ifFalse: [ArbitraryObject andItsMessage]

Since the entire system is live, there's no textual editor, it would make no sense: it's code you're meant to dissect while it's running, even if it's crashing, you can still examine it as it runs 'wrong', all the way down to
the bytecode level if you wish. I'm not that hardcore, I just like making stuff do things without worrying about having to remember if I initialized something or not...smalltalk is a sketchpad, if nothing else, where concept
is first, syntax be damned. In fact, it's kind of like a weird way to always write your own language...which ends up being useful when you come back to
code you haven't looked at in ages...it kinda is it's own rosetta stone.