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I think the suggestion is that Alan Kay was disappointed that there was no Smalltalk-82, Smalltalk-84 and perhaps disappointed that there was no Smalltalk-04 wi
by igouy 11y ago
I think the suggestion is that Alan Kay was disappointed that there was no Smalltalk-82, Smalltalk-84 and perhaps disappointed that there was no Smalltalk-04 with all the base libraries re-designed around traits.
http://www.ptidej.net/courses/ift6251/fall06/presentations/061122/061122.doc.pdf http://www.ptidej.net/courses/ift6251/fall06/presentations/0...
Smalltalk-80 calcified Smalltalk.
- dllthomas 11y agoSkimming, I could not discern the difference between traits and interfaces, although the paper seems to distinguish the two. Could you summarize? I'm interested and I lack the bandwidth for a careful reading at the moment.
- igouy 11y agoYou have the reference, read the paper at your leisure.
- dllthomas 11y agoI intend to. I don't know if it's what you meant, but I read your comment as overly dismissive. Pulling things out of references makes for better conversation. Of course, if you also don't have time or bandwidth, or it is just really hard to summarize, that is understandable.