From: Jake McArthur <jake.mcarthur@...>
Date: 2006-07-24T11:59:49+09:00
Subject: Re: I'll have the duck!

I much prefer its (less mature) derivative, Io. Everything is a  
message to something else, and everything is a prototype. Very  
simple, very powerful (even, dare I say, more powerful than Ruby,  
albeit a bit less pretty).

- Jake McArthur

On Jul 23, 2006, at 9:45 PM, Ron Jeffries wrote:

> On Mon, 24 Jul 2006 08:09:58 +0900, transfire@gmail.com wrote:
>
>> Now anything that responded to #to_a could use #transform. I'm not  
>> sure
>> how far this can be taken. Can classes be undone altogegther? But in
>> anycase, it seems very cool, and I wonder what kind of overall effect
>> it could have on coding?
>
> there's a language called "self" that has no classes, only  
> prototypes. if you
> can find some material on that, i think you'll find it interesting.
>
> regards,
>
> -- 
> Ron Jeffries
> www.XProgramming.com
> I'm giving the best advice I have. You get to decide if it's true  
> for you.
>