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How is that different from Ruby or Elixir?

• Jtsummers 4y ago
  Ruby's object model is based on Smalltalk's so I wouldn't expect much of a difference. And Elixir, courtesy of Erlang, has a "model the world through communicating processes" model which strongly mirrors the Smalltalk model. So developing a program in each of these languages can be, though doesn't have to be, very similar in style. With a focus on communicating entities (be they processes or objects) allowing them to manage their own state over time in response to messages from other entities.
  • cutler 4y ago
    So Smalltalk doesn't really offer much for all the sacrifices you make by adopting it.
    • rbanffy 4y ago
      As with any real-world technology, it all depends on what you want to sacrifice.
    • deleted 4y ago
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    • coldtea 4y ago
      It does, as neither Elixir nor Ruby (Ruby even less) give the same developer experience. Elixir/Erlang has the messaging idea too, and Ruby has some of that model, but there's nowhere clear to how Smalltalk implements it, working withing the image/IDE, the introspection capabilities and so on...