From: Dossy <dossy@...>
Date: 2002-07-18T01:10:18+09:00
Subject: Re: TkText no -textvariable workaround?

On 2002.07.18, Ned Konz <ned@bike-nomad.com> wrote:
> On Wednesday 17 July 2002 05:49 am, Dossy wrote:
> > Right.  (IIRC, I believe Smalltalk also implements assignments as
> > message sends and everything is an object or a message as well.)
> 
> No, unfortunately, at least in ST-80 variables aren't objects; they're 
> just bindings.
> 
> There's been some discussion on the Squeak list about making variables 
> into objects, though.

I thought all "variables" were actually objects that lived in Dictionary
or somesuch.

Maybe I'm hallucinating all of this.  You're probably right: my
Smalltalk experience is _very_ limited.

-- Dossy

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