oopd

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   by oopd 17y ago

   See my post below.
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   by oopd 17y ago

   "They cited Obj-C, not Smalltalk." The author also cites Goslings "lots of experience" with Smalltalk. "In any event the claim is the design is influenced by Obj-C not that it is actually just like Obj-C, a distinction you seem to have trou
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   by oopd 17y ago

   In Smalltalk, when you type the name of a class you are really referencing a global variable that refers to a class object. "Dictionary new" means send the message #new to Dictionary, and the Dictionary class object will respond by giving y
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   by oopd 17y ago

   As pointed out in my post, the alleged influence simply isn't there, or isn't there enough to justify the claim. Someone who cites Smalltalk as their inspiration before going off and creating a statically-typed OO language with primitive ty
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   by oopd 17y ago

   The use of the word "influenced" to describe the effect had on Java's design process by Smalltalk, Objective-C and other languages of good repute is really somewhat misleading. Certainly, there is some identifiable influence. For example,