Re: Simple Program Won't Run

derek--- via Users mailing list for the GNU Smalltalk environment <[email protected]>
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bill-auger writes:

> it does conform to the spec though - the REPL syntax is exactly
> the same as a static file - the dot is not a statement
> terminator as with C-like languages - it is a statement
> separator, which means it is optional, where there is only one
> single statement

Classic smalltalk has both seperator "." and terminator "!".
GST 3.0 syntax tries to do away the terminator "!" by using [] around
method bodies. The behavior of the gst REPL is the compromise
between the two. I like that because it is pactical, unlike eg. erlang
REPL that always demands a terminator. However, it is not the same with
a fileIn syntax; you cannot be the same with 2 distinct syntaxs at the
same time.

Derek
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