"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

"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 trouble making." The influence is not sufficient to justify that claim any more than Java's garbage collection would justify its designers in describing Java as "Lispy" or "Lisp-like."