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I am writing Smalltalk code lately. I find it useful to think of Smalltalk as an operating system, like Linux or Windows or Emacs. It has a different way of doi

by lukego 9y ago

I am writing Smalltalk code lately. I find it useful to think of Smalltalk as an operating system, like Linux or Windows or Emacs. It has a different way of doing things, and learning this is both frustrating and rewarding. It brings back vague memories of learning Linux for me. It feels like a nice way to break out of the bubble of that Rob Pike famously lamented in http://herpolhode.com/rob/utah2000.pdf http://herpolhode.com/rob/utah2000.pdf.

shalabhc 9y ago
Yes the analogy to an OS is good. Many language comparisons sadly miss this because they just look at Smalltalk through a 'programming language' lens and only see at a slice of the Smalltalk system. Interestingly there is an Pharonos project (maybe defunct now?) http://pillarhub.pharocloud.com/hub/mikefilonov/pharonos http://pillarhub.pharocloud.com/hub/mikefilonov/pharonos