> On 2 May 2018, at 17:33, Sean P. DeNigris <s...@clipperadams.com> wrote:
>
> Marcus Denker-4 wrote
>> (I sometimes wonder if we should not late-bind accesses to globals, that
>> is, just compile them as message sends to the environment).
>
> That would be *great*. This is another one of those little lies where
> "everything is a message send" and "late binding everything" breaks down,
> like inlining boolean/undefined ops, that can confuse/shock newbies. It
> probably made sense given the tech constraints at the time, but it would be
> wonderful not only to increase the beauty and simplicity of the system, but
> for the possibilities it opens up!
>
We should really push more in this direction… the problem is that is is
actually not
easy to convince especially the “die hard Smalltalkers” that a change like that
is a good thing…
Marcus
