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foundational types

stz

foundational types

The name OrderedCollection is too dang long. I'm tired of writing it. So let's not. Really, what's wrong with a short name like list? And if we want something a little fancier than we could even have an ordered list. Why is ordered list

07 Dec 2024
code blocks

stz

code blocks

There's no doubt that some parts of the Smalltalk syntax are a little awkward. No programming language is without its quirks. This is a topic we'll likely revisit many times. If it's going to be a Smalltalk then we have to stick with the

06 Dec 2024
Systems Smalltalk

stz

Systems Smalltalk

If we stripped away all the nice bits of Smalltalk and made it a systems programming language, what would it look like? No garbage collection, no green threads, no exceptions, no stack manipulation, no doesNotUnderstand:, may be not even perform:. If we strip it away what can we add back

06 Dec 2024
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