This. So this. So very this. Color me odd, I did do 20+ years of Smalltalk, that weird "objects all the way down" language where self was not an option. What

This. So this. So very this. Color me odd, I did do 20+ years of Smalltalk, that weird "objects all the way down" language where self was not an option. What I have observed anecdotally over the the last 10 years as I've become much more of a polyglot is that, very generalisticaly speaking, spheres that frown on self/this produce code that is less "objecty" than otherwise. Spheres that eschew it's use often feel like just simpler C. And to be honest, that's fine. If you thing object oriented programming is just about "better organizing/structuring" your code, then do the ALGOL style thing. But if you want to have that "my God, it's full of objects" experience, try being explicit with your message sends.