Python aka. Smalltalk Lite?

[Fredrik Lundh]

Gareth McCaughan wrote:
> (Smalltalk syntax looks funny, too, but it isn't so fundamental
> to the language. Perhaps a more approachable version of Smalltalk
> might be possible.)

you mean Python?

(yeah, I know that we haven't implemented everything
just yet, but we're working on it ;-)

seriously, what are the major shortcomings in Python
from a Smalltalk professional's perspective?

let's see:

-- no blocks (lambda doesn't really cut it)
-- type/class dichotomy (CPython implementation)
-- no garbage collection (CPython implementation)

what else?

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