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