All the talk about Pascal. :) But in those days there was also Smalltalk, which I find --except for the syntax-- a very modern language. I like to think of Rub

All the talk about Pascal. :) But in those days there was also Smalltalk, which I find --except for the syntax-- a very modern language. I like to think of Ruby as Smalltalk with a syntax make-over and some FP bolted on top in places it makes sense.