> On 8 Oct 2017, at 23:41, Ben Coman <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 8, 2017 at 10:19 PM, Peter Uhnák <[email protected]> wrote: > Comparing languages in a discussion about Pharo vs the rest is vastly > different, at least to me , from teaching Pharo. > > The pdf that Stef posted I wrote for my students (which know Java and C), > just so it is easier for them to compare/grasp the new syntax based on what > they already know. It wasn't/isn't meant as a language comparison in the > sense that one is better than the other. > > btw, Have you seen "I Can Read C++ and Java But I Can’t Read Smalltalk" by > Wilf LaLonde > http://carfield.com.hk/document/languages/readingSmalltalk.pdf?
Interesting. > I like the side-comments... > t.rotate (a, v); //Original > t rotate (a, v); //Who needs dot? > t rotate a, v; //Who needs brackets? > t rotate by: a around: v; //Who needs ambiguity? > t rotateBy: a around: v //This is Smalltalk That's more like it ! > cheers -ben >
