Rick Flower wrote: > > I can't speak for what versions support which type (old,new) but I do know > that if you read the "computer programming using GNU smalltalk" book that > was released last year, they push the new style format (see page 61).. > I believe this is mostly GST specific for the most part.. I don't think > any > of the other ST players (Cincom, Pharoah, Squeak,etc) have one particular > standard they follow -- there are conversion tools to move between the > dialects.. > Actually, I didn't want to suggest one style over another when writing that chapter. I just wanted to teach the latest style (and, AFAIK, the recommended style by Paolo). There are a whole lot of discussions about this new syntax on archive of the mailing list which you can reach here:
http://n4.nabble.com/forum/Search.jtp?query=new+syntax&days=0&node=1290346 I am myself planning to go through the old messages to get a better understanding of the differences between the two syntax and to learn whether there are still any reasons to use the old syntax. -- View this message in context: http://n4.nabble.com/What-s-wrong-with-this-script-tp1569387p1570326.html Sent from the Gnu mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ help-smalltalk mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-smalltalk
