The Four Stages of Objective-Smalltalk
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- #Programming Languages
- #Objective-C
- #Smalltalk
- Objective-C integrates well with scripting languages like WebScript, which is syntactically similar to Objective-C but without some of its complexities.
- Objective-Smalltalk aims to improve upon WebScript by removing unnecessary syntactic elements inherited from Objective-C, making it more like Smalltalk.
- The seamless transition between scripting and compiled code in WebScript is valuable, but Objective-Smalltalk seeks to replace Objective-C entirely with a simpler, AOT-compiled language.
- Architecture Oriented Programming explores generalizing programming languages into architecture description languages (ADLs), with Objective-Smalltalk serving as a flexible substrate for experimentation.
- Objective-Smalltalk successfully implements popular architectural styles like OO, Unix Pipes and Filters, and REST, demonstrating its versatility.
- Future work includes enabling users to define their own architectural styles within Objective-Smalltalk, enhancing its metaprogramming capabilities.