• Smalltalk/Self

    From hseiken@VERT/ABINARY to All on Wednesday, September 13, 2017 00:28:00
    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.
  • From Digital Man@VERT to hseiken on Wednesday, September 13, 2017 12:53:33
    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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  • From Accession@VERT/PHARCYDE to Digital Man on Wednesday, September 13, 2017 16:02:54
    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.

    DM> Is that what you meant to say? :-)

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

    Regards,
    Nick

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  • From KK4QBN@VERT/KK4QBN to Digital Man on Wednesday, September 13, 2017 20:51:14
    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.

    DM> Is that what you meant to say? :-)

    HAHAHA!


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

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  • From KK4QBN@VERT/KK4QBN to Accession on Wednesday, September 13, 2017 20:52:14
    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.

    DM>> Is that what you meant to say? :-)

    Ac> 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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  • From Deavmi@VERT/KK4QBN to hseiken on Saturday, September 16, 2017 21:59:51
    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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  • From Deavmi@VERT/KK4QBN to hseiken on Saturday, September 16, 2017 22:01:25
    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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  • From hseiken@VERT/ABINARY to Deavmi on Friday, September 22, 2017 02:24:00
    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.