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I thought NewtonScript was a much more interesting descendent of Self than JavaScript. The concept of frames, dual inheritance hierarchy, and the Soup object d
by protomyth 7y ago
I thought NewtonScript was a much more interesting descendent of Self than JavaScript. The concept of frames, dual inheritance hierarchy, and the Soup object database really set it apart. The papers on NewtonScript are still interesting reading.
- fzzzy 7y agoI completely forgot about NewtonScript! I wonder if NewtonScript's containment inheritance was influenced by HyperTalk. Seems likely.
- protomyth 7y agoI think it was more self. The UI paper is informative: https://cdn.preterhuman.net/texts/computing/apple/newton/Prototype-Based_Language_for_User_Interface_-_Newton_Projects_Experience.pdf https://cdn.preterhuman.net/texts/computing/apple/newton/Pro...
- Ididntdothis 7y agoI did a lot of work on the Newton and NewtonScript was pretty cool. Soups were a really nice way of storing application data.