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Re:I can read C++ and Java but I can’t read Smalltalk (2000)... by overgard on Saturday December 18, 2021 @03:36PM (#29608266)
I don't really understand this perspective, I remember using Smalltalk VisualWorks back in 2005 and it didn't even have syntax highlighting. I'm unclear why an IDE is more needed than another language. If anything java and c++ are way more IDE dependent because it's hard to know what parameters mean by their position, whereas in smalltalk they're named.
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Re:I can read C++ and Java but I can’t read Smalltalk (2000)... by igouy on Sunday December 19, 2021 @12:08AM (#29611525)
The IDE presents code in context — a method source is presented within the context of a class; a class source is presented within the context of superclass and sublcasses.

And then the fun starts —

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/3422160_Tools_for_m...

"Tools for making impossible changes - experiences with a tool for transforming large Smalltalk programs"

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