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RE[3]: smalltalk is incredible
by Get a Life on Tue 26th Sep 2006 00:46
in reply to "RE[2]: smalltalk is incredible"
CLOS is a multiple dispatch system based around the idea of generic functions, while Smalltalk is a single dispatch system modeled around message passing. CLOS circuitously derives from similarities with Smalltalk via LOOPS. CLOS however is not that much like the Smalltalk object model.
http://www2.parc.com/istl/members/stefik/loops.html
http://www.dreamsongs.com/NewFiles/ECOOP.pdf
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2005-07-08
"Lisp is the father of dynamic languages. Garbage collection and dynamic typing before Smalltalk ever existed."
Although this is true, I'd like to mention that Common Lisp borrowed its OO system from Smalltalk, and so have influenced each other.