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Some example code snippets on the front page couldn't hurt, and please, please have a downloadable ebook or pdf of your documentation, so I can sit back with my tablet / e-reader in non-connected situations. Doing a little bit of targeting to iOS developers given Objective-C's ancestry couldn't hurt.

[edit: Objective-C is a decedent of Smalltalk - I was emphasizing the connection to be able to draw Objective-C programmers to its roots]



> given Objective-C's ancestry

Wait, what? You mean that Smalltalk is a descendant of Obj-C? That's... interesting... [EDIT: ok, I misread the parent statement, my bad.]

> Some example code snippets on the front page couldn't hurt

You have a whole system source right there before your eyes. Click on "try in browser" button, then select a package in the left-most pane, then a class name in second pane and then method name in rightmost pane. Voila, what you're reading now is a Smalltalk source for this method.


I'm not sure if you're trolling, but I'm sure Op meant obj-c is inspired by Smalltalk, not the other way around...

http://www.mactech.com/articles/mactech/Vol.25/25.07/2507Roa...


No, no, no - Objective-C is a descendent of Smalltalk. If you use Objective-C, Smalltalk won't look quite so weird.

[edit] Why would I bother to download it and explore with so much else going on? Give me a feel and tell me why. You can get lost in a Smalltalk IDE fairly quickly.


I believe, and hope, he meant the opposite :)


Yes, I meant the opposite and looking at it am not real sure how someone would turn that around.




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