BA 14

this chapter details an object oriented language smalltalk. the language has some interesting concepts to it. i think the biggest reason smalltalk never took hold is it has little structure. the lack of structure is one of smalltalks benefits and downfalls. as a programer i feel more comfortable with more structure. that being said too much structure is also a bad thing. strongly typed languages seem to have the idea balance. smalltalk can do everything that C++ or Java can do. the difference is Java or C++ hands you the constructs for loops and conditionals they are there is smalltalk but are built from smaller pieces of the language. this gives smalltalk a lot of power and some advantages but also makes programers shy away from using the language.