Comments for 3 + 4 http://blog.3plus4.org The neighbourhood of 7 Sat, 17 May 2008 12:32:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 Comment on Which is Which in Newspeak UI - Brazil by Benoit St-Jean http://blog.3plus4.org/2008/05/08/which-is-which-in-newspeak-ui-brazil/#comment-1262 Benoit St-Jean Fri, 09 May 2008 23:52:58 +0000 http://blog.3plus4.org/2008/05/08/which-is-which-in-newspeak-ui-brazil/#comment-1262 Vassili!! As you've heard me say to you so many times in the past, "Wow" ! It says it all! Can't wait to see how you've done that "magic" ! Vassili!! As you’ve heard me say to you so many times in the past, “Wow” ! It says it all! Can’t wait to see how you’ve done that “magic” !

]]> Comment on Currying in Smalltalk by David Morley http://blog.3plus4.org/2007/03/23/currying-in-smalltalk/#comment-1233 David Morley Sat, 15 Mar 2008 22:00:13 +0000 http://blog.3plus4.org/2007/03/23/currying-in-smalltalk/#comment-1233 Vassili? Is it you? Moscow, 1993? Still doing Smalltalk? You're lucky. The rest of us were forced out of Smalltalk in ~1997. Vadim quit, in part because of this. Andre held on as long as possible. Most of the others never did get it. The newer hires have never heard of it. I'd love to hear from you. Pls contact me at [address removed to prevent harvesting by spambots --v]. [editor: please forward this to Vassili Bykov] Vassili? Is it you? Moscow, 1993?

Still doing Smalltalk? You’re lucky. The rest of us were forced out of Smalltalk in ~1997. Vadim quit, in part because of this. Andre held on as long as possible. Most of the others never did get it. The newer hires have never heard of it.

I’d love to hear from you. Pls contact me at [address removed to prevent harvesting by spambots –v].

[editor: please forward this to Vassili Bykov]

]]> Comment on Rethinking the comma by Vassili Bykov http://blog.3plus4.org/2007/09/02/rethinking-the-comma/#comment-1123 Vassili Bykov Wed, 17 Oct 2007 19:14:05 +0000 http://blog.3plus4.org/2007/09/02/rethinking-the-comma/#comment-1123 Yes, this can only be implemented by modifying the compiler. A comma interpreted this way isn't a message send at all, however, just like a semicolon and a period aren't messages in regular Smalltalk. Yes, this can only be implemented by modifying the compiler. A comma interpreted this way isn’t a message send at all, however, just like a semicolon and a period aren’t messages in regular Smalltalk.

]]> Comment on Rethinking the comma by mlq http://blog.3plus4.org/2007/09/02/rethinking-the-comma/#comment-1122 mlq Tue, 16 Oct 2007 15:40:55 +0000 http://blog.3plus4.org/2007/09/02/rethinking-the-comma/#comment-1122 I know you posted this a month-and-a-half ago... but... no matter what you choose, you're going to need to modify the compiler, right? To have a message type that has a lower precedence than keyword? unary > binary > keyword ... Or am I just slow, and that has already been discussed and I missed it? I know you posted this a month-and-a-half ago… but… no matter what you choose, you’re going to need to modify the compiler, right? To have a message type that has a lower precedence than keyword? unary > binary > keyword … Or am I just slow, and that has already been discussed and I missed it?

]]> Comment on Rethinking the comma by Bernhard http://blog.3plus4.org/2007/09/02/rethinking-the-comma/#comment-1121 Bernhard Sun, 14 Oct 2007 07:49:54 +0000 http://blog.3plus4.org/2007/09/02/rethinking-the-comma/#comment-1121 This is a change which will break a lot of existing Smalltalk programs. However, I really, really like it. It should be done. :) This is a change which will break a lot of existing Smalltalk programs. However, I really, really like it. It should be done. :)

]]> Comment on Rethinking the comma by Viktor Svub http://blog.3plus4.org/2007/09/02/rethinking-the-comma/#comment-1013 Viktor Svub Wed, 19 Sep 2007 14:08:39 +0000 http://blog.3plus4.org/2007/09/02/rethinking-the-comma/#comment-1013 would be really nice to push this in squeak-dev a bit more forcefully :) personally i don't like the "comma message" much: 1. #+ seems more intuitive way of joining strings (anything) together and 2. it's a bit confusing, cause $. and $; are syntactic elements already would be really nice to push this in squeak-dev a bit more forcefully :)
personally i don’t like the “comma message” much:
1. #+ seems more intuitive way of joining strings (anything) together and
2. it’s a bit confusing, cause $. and $; are syntactic elements already

]]> Comment on Rethinking the comma by akuhn http://blog.3plus4.org/2007/09/02/rethinking-the-comma/#comment-911 akuhn Thu, 06 Sep 2007 11:53:04 +0000 http://blog.3plus4.org/2007/09/02/rethinking-the-comma/#comment-911 +1 +1

]]> Comment on Message chains by tim Rowledge http://blog.3plus4.org/2007/08/30/message-chains/#comment-909 tim Rowledge Mon, 03 Sep 2007 17:31:01 +0000 http://blog.3plus4.org/2007/08/30/message-chains/#comment-909 "Isn’t this the way Tim Budd’s Little Smalltalk always interpreted the plain cascade operator?" Not so far as I recall (but I probably haven't used LST since '88) and if it was that way it would have been incorrect. “Isn’t this the way Tim Budd’s Little Smalltalk always interpreted the plain cascade operator?”
Not so far as I recall (but I probably haven’t used LST since ‘88) and if it was that way it would have been incorrect.

]]> Comment on Message chains by Andres http://blog.3plus4.org/2007/08/30/message-chains/#comment-901 Andres Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:27:32 +0000 http://blog.3plus4.org/2007/08/30/message-chains/#comment-901 I have a feeling the real issue is a shortage of binary selectors (keyword or not). I have a feeling the real issue is a shortage of binary selectors (keyword or not).

]]> Comment on Message chains by Russell Allen http://blog.3plus4.org/2007/08/30/message-chains/#comment-900 Russell Allen Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:42:03 +0000 http://blog.3plus4.org/2007/08/30/message-chains/#comment-900 Isn't this the way Tim Budd's Little Smalltalk always interpreted the plain cascade operator? Isn’t this the way Tim Budd’s Little Smalltalk always interpreted the plain cascade operator?

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