Why good OOP programming languages like Smalltalk are forgotten, and shit ones like C++ and Java are everywhere?
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Anonymous2011-02-03 10:42
QuickSilver is a Smalltalk-to-JavaScript compiler which is written entirely (hand-coded) in JavaScript. It should be complete in a few more days and I estimate that the compressed final version will be about 20kb in size.
Smalltalk applications compiled with QuickSilver run at the full speed of native JavaScript since it is just compiled JavaScript code that is produced – there is no interpreter present.
The language syntax is that of Squeak Smalltalk with one minor adjustment – anything between braces “{” and “}” is simply inserted unchanged into the compiled output. This lets you intersperse native JavaScript into your code; there is no need for “primitive” functions. http://www.silversmalltalk.com/index3.html