On Sunday 18 May 2003 12:21 pm, Stephane Ducasse wrote:
Hi dominic
What I learned over time is that Smalltalk is really adapted for people that can learn alone and are clever because it is uniform. So do not hesitate to ask and have fun.
Thanks Stephane.
Smalltalk seems to reward cleverness by making you feel even cleverer. I like languages that do that ;). But it's also accessible to more than one approach: I guess that when young children first get hold of it, they often use it a bit like Logo to begin with, sending messages to some on-screen avatar and watching what it does in response. It might be a bit advanced still for my three-year-old son, but I'd like to see if I can make him some toys in Squeak to play with once he starts getting a bit more confident with the mouse.
Dominic