[ANSI-Smalltalk] re: array creation syntax
Paolo Bonzini
bonzini at gnu.org
Tue Apr 22 06:11:46 BST 2008
> Set from: a. b. c. d
So . (which is not Smalltalk, but I'll grant this) would define
something like a cons cell, and #from: would transform it back to a
Collection?
> The Strength of Smalltalk has always been that you can
> do so much with its STANDARD library, with a very simple syntax.
Sure, but don't let this constrain you. I think Array constructor
syntax is more compelling than Character literals, to name one thing.
Paolo
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