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I liked Smalltalk for some aspects, but I never liked the 'Message to Object' restriction. It dispatches based on the receiver's Class. I always preferred the

I liked Smalltalk for some aspects, but I never liked the 'Message to Object' restriction. It dispatches based on the receiver's Class. I always preferred the Generic Functions of CLOS, that allows capturing the semantics of an operation outside the stranglehold of the Single Object pattern.

jecel 6y ago
If you don't mind dealing with dead projects, you might enjoy Slate as a Smalltalk with multimethods: https://github.com/briantrice/slate-language https://github.com/briantrice/slate-language