[ANSI-Smalltalk] A list of interesting methods, not present in the ANSI standard

[Craig Latta]

Hi all--

 > In general, I wonder if big lists of proposed selectors are a good
 > starting point.  They seem to be an expression of a solution (or part
 > of one, or of more than one) without saying what they are trying to
 > solve.

      I agree, and I think this goes back to why "Smalltalk Standards" 
(plural) is apt. I'd like to see a standard which defines what every 
Smalltalk system absolutely must do (and is as small as possible), and a 
set of other standards that define how a system will do other things, 
should its authors decide to do them at all. It seems like the STEP 
system lends itself to this quite well. I imagine that actual systems 
will probably mirror the structure of the standards in the modules that 
implement them, and people will appreciate that.


      thanks,

-C

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Craig Latta
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