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See my post below.

"They cited Obj-C, not Smalltalk." The author also cites Goslings "lots of experience" with Smalltalk. "In any event the claim is the design is influenced by Obj-C not that it is a…

In Smalltalk, when you type the name of a class you are really referencing a global variable that refers to a class object. "Dictionary new" means send the message #new to Dictiona…

As pointed out in my post, the alleged influence simply isn't there, or isn't there enough to justify the claim. Someone who cites Smalltalk as their inspiration before going off a…

The use of the word "influenced" to describe the effect had on Java's design process by Smalltalk, Objective-C and other languages of good repute is really somewhat misleading. Cer…