...including D, Java, C# Perl, Python, Ruby, Smalltalk, Scheme, Javascript, etc. In most languages, including...

...come first. Java should be introduced after Smalltalk or something to show many of the...

...For example, erlang did this with concurrency, Smalltalk with Objects, Common Lisp with lists, etc...

...you
can get without going directly to SmallTalk. I've also done quite some
programming...

...except run-time interpretation (ala Python or Smalltalk), seem to be library improvements.  I suppose...

...in mind then go all the way and make it integral, like with Smalltalk.

--bb

...designed for their own creators: C, Perl, Smalltalk, Lisp. (Paul Graham)

can we add D...

...bad language design.


I'm still learning Smalltalk (Squeak). I'm at the point where...

...However, I think Java is more like Smalltalk with C/C++ syntax forced onto it...

...of Java, but Eclipse is crossing into Smalltalk-land), etc. This makes for a very...