alt Hacker NewsI never understood the appeal of this talking point. It’s just an accounting trick that moves the complexity to the standard library.
For example, SmallTalk is a class based OO system, yet this postcard doesn’t slow you how to create a class.
I never understood the appeal of this talking point. It’s just an accounting trick that moves the complexity to the standard library.
For example, SmallTalk is a class based OO system, yet this postcard doesn’t slow you how to create a class.
Yeah, I was also going to say that conflating trivial syntax and "supremely easy to learn" is a very weak flex.
The first Smalltalk-80 book you randomly find is 560 pages.
Also, there is a weird bargaining with "but not block temporaries" and "not an instance variable". Why not? Half of the postcard is basically empty. Also, "except primitives" — how many primitives are there?