Orchid XP v8 wrote:
> Sure. If you had static typing, you could statically guarantee that this 
> won't happen, and avoid handling it.

Well, you'd still have to handle it, but at compile time, yes.

> OTOH, Smalltalk basically allows you to define new flow control 
> constructs of your own, so...

Anything with lambdas does, really.  (Well, real lambdas, not just downward 
funargs.)

> Oh, sure. Simplicity can be a boon to efficiency. I'm just saying, 
> Smalltalk isn't targetted at scientific computing, realtime simulation, 
> DSP or high-end computer gaming. ;-)

I think it was actually a teaching language.

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Yes, we're traveling togeher,
   but to different destinations.

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