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I don't really understand this perspective, I remember using Smalltalk VisualWorks back in 2005 and it didn't even have syntax highlighting. I'm unclear why an
by overgard 5y ago
I don't really understand this perspective, I remember using Smalltalk VisualWorks back in 2005 and it didn't even have syntax highlighting. I'm unclear why an IDE is more needed than another language. If anything java and c++ are way more IDE dependent because it's hard to know what parameters mean by their position, whereas in smalltalk they're named.
- igouy 5y agoThe IDE presents code in context — a method source is presented within the context of a class; a class source is presented within the context of superclass and sublcasses. And then the fun starts — https://www.researchgate.net/publication/3422160_Tools_for_making_impossible_changes_-_experiences_with_a_tool_for_transforming_large_Smalltalk_programs https://www.researchgate.net/publication/3422160_Tools_for_m... "Tools for making impossible changes - experiences with a tool for transforming large Smalltalk programs"