On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 04:35:16PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Rather than stumbling around in the dark here, is anyone actually
> experienced with object inheritance? Any Self programmers out there?
> Someone that's actually used this technique often and understands what
> works and what does? Any books/articles to recommend?
The Apple Newton was programmed in NewtonScript, a prototype-based
language. http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~schoedl/projects/NewtonScript/ seems
like a nice overview.
The concept was put to good use, as you could inherit from objects
living in ROM, making them very lean.
There also was another type of inheritance: parent inheritance. Methods
could be looked up in containing objects, which could denote a visual
relationship (windows and subwindows), or non visual (subsystems inside
programs).
More info from the main architect at http://www.best.com/~wsmith/works.html
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