> Why do so many people kill Smalltalk so fast?
Because it doesn't have curly braces. Entirely unfair, but it seems like if you want to sneak in an innovative language it needs to be a wolf in sheep's clothes. (IE: it need to vaguely resemble C)
Because it doesn't have curly braces. Entirely unfair, but it seems like if you want to sneak in an innovative language it needs to be a wolf in sheep's clothes. (IE: it need to vaguely resemble C)
If a new language has curly braces is instantly reviled and deemed as "not innovative" by part of the community.
{ Number. #someSymbol. 5 + 6. [ :anArgument | anArgument doSomething ] value: 'some string goes here'. #(3 'hi'). 1000 factorial }
You're exactly right.