I've never heard of Self. So I wanted to find more about it. I had to click on several links to find some example of the language. I found this.[1] In the

I've never heard of Self. So I wanted to find more about it. I had to click on several links to find some example of the language. I found this.[1] In the graphical representation of the object, we can distinguish method slots from data slots, and constant slots from assignable slots, by the icon in the button at the right hand of the slot. Huh? Maybe I should go find a description of the language.[2] Self is an object-oriented programming language and associated programming environment. It is close in spirit and semantics to Smalltalk Oh! Okay. Now I get it. But that's only because I'm vaguely familiar with Smalltalk. (My intention of this comment is to save others some time trying to discover some basic facts about Self.) [1] - http://selflanguage.org/_static/tutorial/Language/ObjectsAndSlots/ExamplesOfSlots.html http://selflanguage.org/_static/tutorial/Language/ObjectsAnd... [2] - http://selflanguage.org/_static/tutorial/General/WhatIsSelf.html http://selflanguage.org/_static/tutorial/General/WhatIsSelf....